Rote Definition
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rote
- by rote
Origin of Rote
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From Middle English, origin uncertain. Likely from the phrase bi (“by") rote (“heart"), c. 1300. Some have proposed a relationship either with Old French rote/rute (“route"), or Latin rota (“wheel") (see rotary), but the OED calls both suggestions groundless.
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Old English rote, probably of German origin; compare Middle High German rotte, and English crowd (“a kind of violin").
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c. 1600, from Old Norse rót (“tossing, pitching (of sea)") n, perhaps related to rauta (“to roar").
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Probably of Scandinavian origin Old Norse rauta to roar
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old French probably of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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