gemot

(gə mōt′)

noun

an early English public assembly or court, before the Norman Conquest; moot

Origin: OE < ge-, collective prefix (akin to L cum: see com-) + mōt, assembly: see moot

See gemot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also ge·mote

noun

A public meeting or local judicial assembly in Anglo-Saxon England.

Origin:

Origin: Old English gemōt

Origin: : ge-, collective pref.; see kom in Indo-European roots

Origin: + mōt, assembly

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