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Where does “coter” come from?
coter (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin quotare, from Latin quot, from Proto-Italic *kʷot.
Ancestry of “coter”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Medieval Latin
quotare
to distinguish by numbers, number chapters
2
Latin
quot
how many; as many
3
Proto-Italic
*kʷot
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Words derived from “coter”
quote
quotable
quotative
misquote
unquote
quoter
unquotable
requote
quotability
backquote
Quotron
quotably
disquote
quoteworthy
misquoter
quotest
underquote
quotebook
overquote
outquote
quotableness
quotee
unquotably
quoteless
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