jot and tittle

Meaning

Noun

• Often preceded by every: a smallest detail; the smallest details collectively.

Origin

• A reference to Matthew 5:18 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle, shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” The phrase is ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κεραία.
• , from Phoenician 𐤉‬.
• tittle is derived from Middle English title, from Anglo-Norman title, tittle, and Middle French titele, title (modern French titre), and from their etymon Latin titulus; further etymology uncertain, but thought to be of Etruscan origin.