## Etymology
From Middle English blot, blotte ('spot, stain'), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse blettr ('blot, stain') or of imitative formation.

## AI Etymology
Blot comes from Middle English blot, blotte ('spot, stain'), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse blettr ('blot, stain') or of imitative formation. The historical trail runs through blettr in Old Norse. Its formation is sound-symbolic rather than a regular transparent compound, with the older form echoing the sound named in the history. Used as a noun and verb, blot now means "a dark stain or spot; to stain or to soak up liquid", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as blotted, blotter, blotting, and blotty and related forms such as blotch. That uncertainty is part of the entry: the safest account is the attested form and the limited comparisons preserved with it.

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