The word in Latin for "the movement of different voices against one another" is <em>motet</em>. In Medieval times, the word was <em>motectum, </em>the word was also used to describe the phrase during the Renaissance era.
The name describes the movement of different voices against one another. It is a principally vocal musical composition on a holy text, typically without instrumental accompaniment.
It is commonly believed that the word motet came from the Latin movere ('to move',) but it is also suggested that it branches from the French word mot ('word').
The motet began in early 13th century as a request of a new text to older music. Diverse texts, sometimes in different languages, were sung at the same time over a Latin text.
