Where does “quote” come from?

Quote comes from Middle English quoten, from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotare, from Latin quotus meaning "how many," derived from quot meaning "how many," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kʷos.

quote (English): A quotation; a statement attributed to a person;...

Definitions

  1. A quotation; a statement attributed to a person;...

Ancestry of “quote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishquoten
2Old Frenchcoter
3Medieval Latinquotareto distinguish by numbers, number chapters
4Latinquothow many; as many
5Proto-Italic*kʷot

Words derived from “quote

Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷot