Etymology

quoth

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Today it means: Said. Full definition →

Middle English quoth ← Old English cwæþ ← Proto-Germanic *kwaþ
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kweþaną“to say”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kwaþ
  3. Old English · inherited fromcwæþ
  4. Middle English · inherited fromquoth
  5. English todayquoth

From Middle English quoth, quath, from Old English cwæþ (first and third person past indicative of cweþan (“to say, speak to, address, exhort, admonish”)), from Proto-Germanic *kwaþ (first and third person past indicative of Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (“to say”)). Unrelated to quote.

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