quote的词源
英文词源
- quote
- quote: [14] Latin quot meant ‘how many’. From it was derived the adjective quotus ‘of what number’, whose feminine form quota was used in post-classical times as a noun, denoting literally ‘how great a part’ – whence English quota [17]. Quotus also formed the basis of the medieval Latin verb quotāre ‘number’, which was used specifically for the practice of marking sections of text in manuscripts with numbers, as reference points.
English took the verb over as quote, and by the 16th century was using it for ‘cite’ or ‘refer to’. The derived unquote is first recorded in a letter by e e cummings, dated 1935. Also based on quot was Latin quotiēns ‘how many times’, which has given English quotient [15]; and quotidian ‘daily’ [14] goes back ultimately to a Latin compound formed from quotus and diēs ‘day’.
But the archaic quoth [OE], despite a certain similarity in form and sense, is not related; it comes from cwæth, the past tense of Old English cwethan ‘say’.
=> quota, quotient - quote (v.)
- late 14c., coten, "to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references," from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotare "distinguish by numbers, number chapters," from Latin quotus "which in order? what number (in sequence)?," from quot "how many," from PIE *kwo-ti-, from pronominal root *kwo- (see who).
The sense development is via "to give as a reference, to cite as an authority" (1570s) to "to copy out or repeat exact words" (1670s). Modern spelling with qu- is from early 15c. The business sense of "to state the price of a commodity" (1866) revives the etymological meaning. Related: Quoted; quoting. - quote (n.)
- "a quotation," 1885, from quote (v.). From c. 1600 as "a marginal reference." Quotes for "quotation marks" is from 1869.
中文词源
quote（引用）：给书中的章节编上号码
英语单词quote（引用）和quota（配额）拼写如此接近，它们之间有何关系？其实，它们拥有相同的词源。单词quote来自拉丁语quotare，本意是“用数字来区分”、“给书中章节编上号码”。而拉丁语quotare则来自拉丁词根quot，表示“多少”。当我们引用别人著作中的观点时，会在注释中标注出引用内容所在的章节编号。因此，quote一词就衍生出“附列某本书的章节编号作为注释或参考”之意，继而衍生出“按章节编号引用”、“引用”之意。
英语单词quota同样来自拉丁词根quot（多少），表示“指定的数量”、“配额”。
quote：[kwəʊt] n.引用v.引用，引证，报价
quotation：[kwə(ʊ)'teɪʃ(ə)n] n.报价，引用，引证
quota：['kwəʊtə] n.配额，定额
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：quote 词源，quote 含义。
拉丁语中quot(多少,几何)派生了形容词quotus, quota, quotum(什么数字的)。而拉丁语形容词quotus在中世纪拉丁语中派生了动词quotare(数),是英语quote的词源。
同源词：quota, quotient
来自拉丁语quot,多少，来自PIE*kwo,疑问代词词干，词源同quality,quantity.用于指文章引用出处，章节，后用于指投标，报价。
