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Iota and Jot
The words iota and jot share a lot more than just a common meaning—both ultimately derive from the same word. When Latin scholars transcribed the Greek name of the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, they spelled it as either iota or jota (the letters i and j were simply variants of each other), and these spellings eventually passed into English as iota and jot. Since the Greek letter iota is the smallest letter of its alphabet, both words eventually came to be used in reference to very small things.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024
But that probably wouldn’t impact the Ducks and Huskies one iota.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
Western doesn’t veer one iota from a 180-degree angle until its fourth and final freeway crossing, with the 405, more than 17 miles from the northern terminus.
—Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
Compared with our Editors' Choice winner for DIY security systems, the Abode iota, which starts at $379.99 for the kit and $8 per month for monitoring, ADT Command's $599 starting price and $59.99 monthly service feels stratospheric.
—PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Iota.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iota. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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