Where does “subcontractació” come from?
subcontractació (Catalan) comes from Catalan subcontractar, from Catalan subcontracte, from Catalan contracte, from Latin contractus, from Latin contrahō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
subcontractació (Catalan): subcontracting, outsourcing
Definitions
- subcontracting, outsourcing
Ancestry of “subcontractació”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | subcontractar | to subcontract, to outsource |
| 2 | Catalan | subcontracte | subcontract |
| 3 | Catalan | contracte | contract |
| 4 | Latin | contractus | collected, accomplished, contracted; narrow,... |
| 5 | Latin | contrahō | to draw in, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |