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motto

UK/ˈmɒ.təʊ/ US/ˈmɑ.toʊ/ fairly common

noun

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Origin

Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot.

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