commot

noun

com·​mot

ˈkäˌmät

variants or commote

-mōt

plural -s

: an early Welsh territorial and administrative unit, two such units being normally equal to a cantred

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Medieval Latin commotum, from Middle Welsh cymwd

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