Where does “nōte” come from?

nōte (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nutu, from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

nōte (Middle Dutch): nut (fruit)

Definitions

  1. nut (fruit)

Ancestry of “nōte”, step by step

nōte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch nutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchnutunut
2Proto-West Germanichnutnut
3Proto-Germanichnutsnut
4Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Old French note

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnoteletter, note
2Latinnotāmark, sign

Words derived from “nōte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →