English
notation
Notation comes from Latin notātiō ‘marking, noting’, from notō ‘to mark, write, note’, and ultimately from nota.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnota‘mark, sign’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotō‘to mark, write, note’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotātiō‘marking, noting’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010notation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnota‘mark, sign’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotō‘to mark, write, note’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotātiō‘marking, noting’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010notation
Earliest quotation: 2010, Sander Arts, COMPETITIVE PLAY IN STRATEGO: “There is no official notation in the game of…”
Formed from notate + -ion
Latin nota ‘mark, sign’
Latin notō ‘mark, write, note’
Latin notātus ‘marked, having been marked’
English notate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, normal, glory, ignore, ken, keen, narrative, recognition, con, ignorant, norm, cunning, prognosis, canny, narration, 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, noblesse, ignoble, precognition, 30 more
through Latin nōscō ‘to become acquainted with something, learn…’
notice, noble, notorious, nobility, notion, notoriety, cognition, acquaint, cognizance, 23 more
through Latin nota ‘mark, sign’
through Latin notō ‘to mark, write, note’
Today it means
noun The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nota / notation