Where does “quotee” come from?

quotee (English) comes from English quote, from Middle English quoten, from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotare, from Latin quot, from Proto-Italic *kʷot.

quotee (English): Somebody whose words are being quoted

Definitions

  1. Somebody whose words are being quoted

Ancestry of “quotee”, step by step

quotee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English quote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquoteA quotation; a statement attributed to a person;...
2Middle Englishquoten—
3Old Frenchcoter—
4Medieval Latinquotareto distinguish by numbers, number chapters
5Latinquothow many; as many
6Proto-Italic*kʷot—

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷot →Every word from Latin quot →Every word from Medieval Latin quotare →