motto B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈmɑ.toʊ/ UK /ˈmɒ.təʊ/ See IPA manual Freq #8743 Meanings 1 noun A short phrase that expresses a person's or group's guiding belief or rule. "You have to be in it to win it" is my motto. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a short phrase that... maximcatchword Word family Forms mottoesmottos Derived forms mottolessmottolikemottoware Etymology AI details Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot. motto Italian muttum Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # motto **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmɑ.toʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɒ.təʊ/ **Frequency rank:** 8743 ## Meanings 1. A short phrase that expresses a person's or group's guiding belief or rule. ## Examples - "You have to be in it to win it" is my motto. ## Derived Forms - mottoless - mottolike - mottoware ## Roots and Affixes - Root: motto - Root: muttum ## Etymology Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot. ## AI Etymology Motto was borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot. In present-day English it covers a short phrase that expresses a person's or group's guiding belief or rule. The historical chain runs through motto (Italian) and muttum (Latin). Related and derived forms include mottoless, mottolike, and mottoware. ## Topics - People & Society markdown