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

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

Words derived from “quoten”

Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷot →Every word from Latin quot →Every word from Medieval Latin quotare →
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