Motley
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late Middle English: of unknown origin; perhaps ultimately related to mote.
wiktionary
From Middle English motle, from Anglo-Norman motteley(“parti-colored”), late 14th c., from Old English mot(“speck”), cognate with mote.
Equivalent to mottle + -y
etymonline
motley (adj.)
late 14c., "parti-colored, variegated in color" (originally of fabric), from Anglo-French motteley, a word of unknown origin, perhaps [OED] based on Old English mot "speck" or a cognate Germanic word (see mote). But Klein's sources say probably from Gaulish. Century Dictionary rejects both. "Diversified in color," especially of a fool's dress. Hence, allusively, "a fool" (1600). As a noun meaning "cloth of contrasting mixed color" from late 14c.
