Dot
The origin and history of Dot.
Etymology
Traced to Middle English *dot, dotte, from Old English dott ("a dot, point"), which came from Proto-West Germanic *dott, from Proto-Germanic *duttaz ("wisp"). It is a cognate of Saterland Frisian Dot, Dotte ("a clump"), Dutch dot ("lump, knot, clod"), Low German Dutte ("a plug"), and dialectal Swedish dott ("a little heap, bunch, clump").
