Moot
/muːt/noun
Debatable or open to discussion; also, in historical use, a meeting or assembly for discussion and judgment.
Did you know?In Old English, a *mōt* was a formal meeting or court, and the modern phrase “moot point” grew out of legal debate long after the word stopped naming the gathering itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*méd-
“to measure, to think, to consider”
Old English
OE
gemōt
“a meeting, assembly, formal council”
Middle English
ME
mote
“a meeting or court; a discussion or debate”
16th Century
English
moot
“to propose or discuss in a formal debate”
Modern English
English
moot
“debatable, open to argument; of little practical relevance”