English

markmoot

From mark + moot.

A compound of mark + moot

Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs ‘edge’

Proto-Germanic *markō ‘boundary’

Proto-West Germanic *marku ‘boundary’

Old English mearc ‘mark’

Middle English mark

English mark

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- ‘to encounter, come’

Proto-Germanic *mōtą ‘meeting’

Old English *mōt ‘meeting’

Middle English mōt

English moot

Today it means

noun A meeting of freemen who cultivated the land under the mark system.

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

Etymograph / markmoot