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jot

  [jot] verb, jot⋅ted, jot⋅ting, noun
Use jot down in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually fol. by down): Jot down his license number.
–noun
2. the least part of something; a little bit: I don't care a jot.
—Idiom
3. not a jot or tittle, not a bit; not at all: The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier iot, iote < L iōta < Gk iôta iota
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Word Origin & History

jot  (n.)
1526, borrowing of L. jota, variant spelling of Gk. iota "the letter -i-, the smallest letter in the alphabet, hence the least part of anything. The verb "to make a short note of" is attested from 1721.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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