English
denote
Denote comes from Latin denotare, from notō ‘to mark out’, and ultimately from nota.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnota‘mark, sign’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotōas notare‘to mark out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdenotare
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600denoter
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599-1602denote
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnota‘mark, sign’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotōas notare‘to mark out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdenotare
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600denoter
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599-1602denote
Earliest quotation: c. 1599-1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet: “together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, that…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, normal, recognition, narrative, glory, con, ignore, ken, ignorant, keen, 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, acquaint, cognizance, 23 more
through Latin nota ‘mark, sign’
through Latin notō ‘to mark out’
Today it means
verb To indicate; to mark.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nota / denote