Etymology

nonquotative

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Today it means: Not quotative. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kʷó-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*kʷóti
  17. Proto-Italic*kʷot
  18. Latinquot
  19. Latinquotus
  20. Medieval Latinquotāre
  21. Old Frenchcoter
  22. Middle Englishquoten
  23. Englishquote
  24. Englishquotative
  25. English todaynonquotative

From non- + quotative.

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