English
halmote
Halmote comes from Old English *heallġemōt.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*heallġemōtreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1969halmote
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*heallġemōtreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1969halmote
Earliest quotation: 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death: “At Easington, the next centre for the halmote, things…”
A compound of heall ‘hall’ + ġemōt ‘meeting’
Proto-Germanic *hallō ‘hall’
Proto-West Germanic *hallu ‘hall’
Old English heall ‘hall’
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- ‘to encounter, come’
Proto-Germanic *mōtą ‘meeting’
Old English *mōt ‘meeting’
Old English ġemōt ‘meeting’
Every English word from Old English *heallġemōt
Today it means
noun A court held by the lord of a manor within his hall.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *heallġemōt / halmote