Where does “coten” come from?

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

coten (Middle English): to mark with chapter numbers or marginal...

Definitions

  1. to mark with chapter numbers or marginal...

Ancestry of “coten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoter—
2Medieval Latinquotareto distinguish by numbers, number chapters
3Latinquothow many; as many
4Proto-Italic*kʷot—
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷot →Every word from Latin quot →Every word from Medieval Latin quotare →
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