Etymology

quoteworthy

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Today it means: Worthy of being quoted; quotable. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷóti
  2. Proto-Italic*kʷot
  3. Latinquot
  4. Latinquotus
  5. Medieval Latinquotāre
  6. Old Frenchcoter
  7. Middle Englishquoten
  8. Englishquote
  9. English todayquoteworthy

From quote + -worthy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.