Where does “cote” come from?

Cote comes from Old English cot, which derives from Proto-Indo-European gudnó-, ultimately from the same root as Latin quot meaning how many.

cote (English): A cottage or hut; A small structure built to...

Definitions

  1. A cottage or hut; A small structure built to...

Ancestry of “cote”, step by step

cote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French Côte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchCôte—
2Middle Frenchcostéside
3Old Frenchcostéside
4Latincostātusribbed
5Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
6Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—

via Middle English cote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcoteA coat, especially one worn as an undergarment or...
2Old Englishcotecot, cottage
3Old Englishcotcottage
4Proto-Germanickuttôcowl, woolen cloth, coat
5Proto-Indo-Europeangudnó-—

Words derived from “cote”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →