English
quotee
From quote + -ee.
Formed from quote + -ee
Proto-Indo-European *kʷís ‘who, what’
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Latin quotus ‘which’
Medieval Latin quotō ‘to distinguish by numbers’
Old French coter
Middle English quoten
English quote
Today it means
noun Somebody whose words are being quoted.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “quotee”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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