Where does “quoten” come from?
quoten (Middle English) comes from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotare, from Latin quot, from Proto-Italic *kʷot.
Ancestry of “quoten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | coter | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | quotare | to distinguish by numbers, number chapters |
| 3 | Latin | quot | how many; as many |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kʷot | — |
Words derived from “quoten”