Etymograph

English

Notaro

Notaro comes from Latin notārius ‘notary’, and goes back to nota ‘mark, sign, note’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnota‘mark, sign, note’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotārius‘notary’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentNotaro
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnota‘mark, sign, note’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotārius‘notary’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentNotaro
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’

can, could, know, normal, recognition, glory, con, ignore, ken, narrative, keen, ignorant, norm, cunning, narration, prognosis, canny, connoisseur, uncouth, canna, kith, recognizance, gnosis, cun, 84 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti ‘to recognise’

diagnostic, gnome, agnostic, 40 more

through Latin gnōscō

recognize, cognitive, quaint, incognito, precognition, noblesse, ignoble, 30 more

through Latin nōscō ‘to become acquainted with something, learn…’

notice, noble, notion, notorious, cognition, nobility, notoriety, denote, acquaint, annotation, cognizance, 23 more

through Latin nota ‘mark, sign, note’

note, notation, annotate, 12 more

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin nota / Notaro