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jot (n.)
1520s, borrowing of Latin
jota
, variant spelling of Greek
iota
"the letter
-i-
," the smallest letter in the alphabet, hence the least part of anything (see
iota
).
jot (v.)
"to make a short note of," 1721, from
jot
(n.). Related:
Jotted
;
jotting
.