myEtymology.com: English etymology of jotter

Etymology of the English word jotter

the English word jotter

using the English suffix -er

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-arjaz

using the Latin suffix -arius (-ar)

derived from the English word jot

derived from the Latin word iota (iota; tenth letter of Greek alphabet)

derived from the Greek word iota, ἰῶτα ('iota', the name of the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, put for a very small part of anything)

derived from the Greek word origine

derived from the Latin word jot

derived from the Greek word iota, ἰῶτα ('iota', the name of the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, put for a very small part of anything)

derived from the Greek word origine