Where does “dotted” come from?

Dotted comes from English dot, from French dot, from Latin dos meaning dowry, from Proto-Italic dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European déh₃tis.

dotted (English): simple past tense and past participle of dot;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of dot;...

Ancestry of “dotted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDot—
2Frenchdotdowry, marriage portion
3Latindōsdowry
4Proto-Italicdōtis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₃tisgiving
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “dotted”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →