Etymograph

English

hatnote

From hat + note by analogy with footnote, endnote, etc.

A compound of hat + note

Proto-Germanic *hattuz ‘hat’

Proto-West Germanic *hattu ‘hat’

Old English hætt

Middle English hat ‘a hat or cap’

English hat

Latin nota ‘mark’

Old English not ‘note’

Middle English note

English note

Today it means

noun A short note placed at the top of an article, normally to provide links to other similarly named articles or disambiguation pages.

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

Etymograph / hatnote