moot: [OE] Etymologically, a ‘moot point’ is one talked about at a ‘meeting’. For ‘meeting’ is the original sense of the noun moot – particularly as applied in early medieval England to a meeting functioning as a court of law. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *mōtam ‘meeting’, source also of English meet. Its modern adjectival usage seems to have emerged in the 16th century. The derived verb moot goes back to Old English times (mōtian ‘converse, plead in court’), but again its present-day use, for ‘suggest, propose’, is a more recent development, dating from the 17th century. => meet
moot (n.)
"assembly of freemen," mid-12c., from Old English gemot "meeting" (especially of freemen, to discuss community affairs or mete justice), "society, assembly, council," from Proto-Germanic *ga-motan (compare Old Low Frankish muot "encounter," Middle Dutch moet, Middle High German muoz), from collective prefix *ga- + *motan (see meet (v.)).
moot (adj.)
"debatable; not worth considering" from moot case, earlier simply moot (n.) "discussion of a hypothetical law case" (1530s), in law student jargon. The reference is to students gathering to test their skills in mock cases.
moot (v.)
"to debate," Old English motian "to meet, talk, discuss," from mot (see moot (n.)). Related: Mooted; mooting.
例文
1. How long he 'll be able to do so is a moot point.
彼がどのくらいこのようにすることができるか分からない。
2.He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
彼は、取締役会が政策を変更したため、この議題は実際的な意味がなくなったと主張した。
3.The oil versus nuclear equation is largely moot .
石油と原子力の関係はまだ議論されている。
＜dl>＜dt＞4.Since the accusedis already in custody，I assumebail is moot ？
被告はすでに保釈について検討する必要があると私は推測しています。
5.The question mooted in the board meeting is still a moot point.