Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation.
To repeat (the exact words of a person). · To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate. · To name the current price, notably of a financial security. · To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
A statement attributed to a person; a quotation. · A quotation mark. · A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation. · A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.
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