Etymology

misquote

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Today it means: To incorrectly recite or record a quotation. Full definition →

English quote ← Middle English quoten ← Old French coter
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kʷó-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kʷóti
  12. Proto-Italic*kʷot
  13. Latinquot
  14. Latinquotus
  15. Medieval Latinquotāre
  16. Old Frenchcoter
  17. Middle Englishquoten
  18. Englishquote
  19. English todaymisquote

From mis- + quote.

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