【must, meet】 are a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "moste," "motan," "mot," "metta," "-metta," "gemot," and "metan." It carries the basic meaning of "must," and "meeting." from PIE *med- "take appropriate measures" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "must, meet"]
empty ****[562] An empty place, vehicle, or container is one that has no people or things in it.
meet ****[198] If you meet someone, you happen to be in the same place as them and start talking to them. You may know the other person, but be surprised to see them, or you may not know them at all.
meeting ****[1294] a gathering of people for a particular purpose (such as to talk about business)
must ****[203] You use must to indicate that it is necessary for something to happen, usually because of a rule or law.
[WORD ROOT]root must
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] meet, must, moot, mpty
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) moste, motan, mot, metta, -metta, gemot, metan
[MEANING]root must, meeting
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 moste [past tense of mot⑴/motan] have to, be able to
- 【Old English】 motan [akin to Old High German muozan, from Proto-Germanic *motanan] have to, be able to; can, to be allowed
- 【Old English】 mot ⑴meeting; ⑵may
- 【Old English】 gemot [from Proto-Germanic *ga-motan] meeting, formal assembly; society, assembly, council
- 【Old English】 metta [=-metta, probably akin to motan]
- 【Old English】 -metta [from mot⑴, probably akin to motan]
- 【Old English】 metan [akin to Old English gemot, related to Dutch moeten] to find, find out
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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empty ★★★★[562] adjective from empty
【DEFINITION】 An empty place, vehicle, or container is one that has no people or things in it.
【VARIATIONs】 비교; empty < emptier < emptiest
【SYNONYM】 hollow
【ROOTs】 ⑴ e(a); without, not, non ⑵ mpty(must); empty
【Etymology】 《Old English æmettig》 [from æmetta] at leisure, not occupied; unmarried, vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, (literally) without must or obligation, leisurely
【First Known Meaning】 at leisure, not occupied; unmarried
【DERIVATIVEs】 emptiable, emptier, emptily, emptiness, empty
meet ★★★★[198] verb from meet
【DEFINITION】 If you meet someone, you happen to be in the same place as them and start talking to them. You may know the other person, but be surprised to see them, or you may not know them at all.
【Declension/Conjugation】 met, met, meeting, meets
【SYNONYM】 fulfil, encounter, come across
【ROOTs】 meet(must); meet, find
【Etymology】 《Old English metan》 [akin to Old English gemot, related to Dutch moeten] to find, find out
【First Known Meaning】 to find, find out; fall in with, encounter, come into the same place with; obtain
【DERIVATIVEs】 meeter, meetly, meet
meeting ★★★★[1294] noun from meet
【DEFINITION】 ① a gathering of people for a particular purpose (such as to talk about business)
② a gathering of people for religious worship
③ a situation or occasion when two people see and talk to each other
【pl.】 meetings
【SYNONYM】 encounter, encounter
【COMPOSITION】 meet + ing
【ROOTs】 ⑴ meet(must); meet, find ⑵ ing; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English metan》 [akin to Old English gemot, related to Dutch moeten] to find, find out
must ★★★★[203] auxiliary verb from must
【DEFINITION】 ① You use must to indicate that you think it is very important or necessary for something to happen. You use must not or mustn't to indicate that you think it is very important or necessary for something not to happen.
② You use must to indicate that it is necessary for something to happen, usually because of a rule or law.
③ You use must to indicate that you are fairly sure that something is the case.
【ROOTs】 must; must
【Etymology】 《Old English moste》 [past tense of mot⑴/motan] have to, be able to
Other words containing "must, meet"; emptiable, emptily, emptiness, meeter, meetly, moot
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
muse
most, more, much
mor
moon
mont
monstr-, monster-
mon
mode
mob-. mov-, mot-
mit