Where does “dote” come from?
Dote comes from Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten, of uncertain ultimate origin.
dote (English): To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody; To...
Definitions
- To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody; To...
Ancestry of “dote”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | doter | — |
| 2 | Latin | doto | I endow |
| 3 | Latin | dōs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | dōtis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃tis | giving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “dote”