Where does “taalkommissie” come from?
taalkommissie (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans kommissie, from Dutch commissie, from Middle Dutch commissie, from Old French commission, from Latin commissio, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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Ancestry of “taalkommissie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | kommissie | committee |
| 2 | Dutch | commissie | commission |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | commissie | — |
| 4 | Old French | commission | — |
| 5 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 6 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |