verb/o.te/
to take away, remove; to take off, remove (clothes, etc.); to remove, cut (text etc.); to take away (in arithmetic); to take (something) away from someone; to deprive; to move oneself, get out of the way
“Le guichetier de garde vient d’entrer dans mon cachot, il a ôté sa casquette, m’a salué, s’est excusé de me déranger et m’a demandé, en adoucissant de son mieux sa rude voix, ce que je désirais à déjeuner.” — The duty hatchman just came into my cell, took off his cap, gave me a salute, said he was sorry for bothering me and asked me, whispering as best he could with his rough voice, what I wanted for lunch.
From Middle French, from Old French oster, from Latin obstō.