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mota.

mud

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɔ.ta/
  1. mud

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin maltha (“mineral pitch”). The original [ɫ] appears to have vocalized to [u̯] in pre-literary Tuscan, with the resulting [au̯] regularly yielding [ɔ], as in Latin aurum (“gold”) > Italian òro. Doublet of malta. Less probably of Germanic origin, related to English mud.

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