Where does “dotting” come from?
Dotting comes from English dot, from French dot, from Latin dos meaning "dowry," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European déh₃tis.
dotting (English): present participle of dot; A dotted pattern; a...
Definitions
- present participle of dot; A dotted pattern; a...
Ancestry of “dotting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dot | A small, round spot; A punctuation mark used to... |
| 2 | Middle English | dot | — |
| 3 | Old English | dott | a dot, point; dot, point |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *dott | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | duttaz | wisp; tuft of grass or grain; bundle; group; clod... |