Where does “dot” come from?

Dot comes from French dot, from Latin dos meaning "dowry," from Proto-Italic dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European déh₃tis, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European suffix -tis.

dot (English): A small, round spot; A punctuation mark used to...

Definitions

  1. A small, round spot; A punctuation mark used to...

Ancestry of “dot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdot—
2Old Englishdotta dot, point; dot, point
3Proto-West Germanic*dott—
4Proto-Germanicduttazwisp; tuft of grass or grain; bundle; group; clod...

Words derived from “dot”

Every word from Proto-Germanic duttaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dott →Every word from Old English dott →