splot

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UK/splɒt/US/splɑt/

noun

A spot; splotch.

OriginMiddle English *splot ← Old English splott ← Proto-West Germanic *splott →
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Meanings

nounsplot (plural splots)

plural splots

  1. A spot; splotch.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)pel-“to split”
  2. Proto-Indo-European*splt-no-“an off-split, segment”
  3. Proto-Germanic*spluttaz“segment”
  4. Proto-West Germanic*splott
  5. Old Englishsplott“spot, blot, patch or plot of land”
  6. Middle English*splot
  7. Englishsplot

From Middle English *splot (suggested by Middle English splotty (“spotted, speckled”)), from Old English splott (“spot, blot, patch or plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Related to split.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with splot

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Anagrams

Stolp
Cite this entry
APA

splot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splot

MLA

“splot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splot.

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