Quotee
/kwoʊˈtiː/noun
A person who is quoted or cited.
Did you know?“Quotee” is a modern English formation built from the verb quote plus the agentive-looking French-style suffix -ee, a pattern English often uses for the person who receives an action.
Etymological Timeline
Late Middle English
English
quoten
“to cite or repeat words from an author or source”
15th Century
English
quote
“to repeat or cite a passage from a text or speaker”
18th Century
French
quoter
“to mark or cite with quotation signs”
19th Century
English
quotee
“a person who is quoted”