Etymology

akether

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Today it means: quoth he. Full definition →

First used only 19th c.
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The story

Possibly from the phrase “ah,” quoth he. First appears in the 1867 work Jim an' Nell.

First known use, by meaning

  • only 19th c. quoth he.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.