Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The smallest letter or stroke of any writing; an iota. · A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit. · An instant, a moment. · A brief and hurriedly written note.
Chiefly followed by down: to write (something) quickly; to make a brief note of (something).
The noun is borrowed from Latin iōta (“the letter iota of the Ancient Greek alphabet”), from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “ninth letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet; (figurative) very small part of writing, jot”), from Phoenician 𐤉 (y, “tenth letter of the Phoenician abjad, yodh”). Doublet of iota and yodh. Etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“brief and hurriedly written note”) is derived from the verb. The verb is probably borrowed from Scots jot, from English jot (noun): see above.
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- Borrowed-form mentioniōtala · the letter iota of the Ancient Greek alphabet
- Derivation mentionἰῶταgrc · ninth letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet; (figurative) very small part of writing, jot
- Derivation mention𐤉phn · tenth letter of the Phoenician abjad, yodh
- Doublet mentioniotaen
- Doublet mentionyodhen
- Borrowed-form mentionjotsco
- Derivation mentionjoten
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