The sense development is via "to give as a reference, to cite as an authority" (1570s) to "to copy out or repeat exact words" (1670s). Modern spelling with qu- is from early 15c. The business sense of "to state the price of a commodity" (1866) revives the etymological meaning. ...
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The sense development is via "to give as a reference, to cite as an authority" (1570s) to "to copy out or repeat exact words" (1670s). Modern spelling with qu- is from early 15c. The business sense of "to state the price of a commodity" (1866) revives the etymological meaning. ...
2.1.1670 Part 1 Section 22.1.2.49, intLim (Integral Limit Locations) 2.1.1671 Part 1 Section 22.1.2.50, intraSp (Intra-Equation Spacing) 2.1.1672 Part 1 Section 22.1.2.51, jc (Justification) 2.1.1673 Part 1 Section 22.1.2.52, lim (Limit) 2.1.1674 Part 1 Section 22.1.2.54...
The sense development is via "to give as a reference, to cite as an authority" (1570s) to "to copy out or repeat exact words" (1670s). Modern spelling with qu- is from early 15c. The business sense of "to state the price of a commodity" (1866) revives the etymological meaning. ...