Etymograph

English

hot spot

From hot + spot.

A compound of hot + spot

Proto-Indo-European *keHy- ‘to heat; to become hot’

Proto-Germanic *haitaz ‘hot’

Proto-West Germanic *hait

Old English hāt ‘hot’

Middle English hot

English hot

Middle Dutch spotte ‘spot’

Middle English spot

English spot

Today it means

noun A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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