Where does “annotation” come from?
Annotation comes from Latin annotationem, a noun derived from annotatio using the Latin suffix -tio (from Proto-Indo-European -ti-), itself built from Latin ad- meaning "to" and noscere meaning "to know."
annotation (English): a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis;...
Definitions
- a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis;...
Ancestry of “annotation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | annotātiōnem | — |
| 2 | Latin | annotātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | annotare | present active infinitive of annotō;... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |