Where does “komissariat” come from?
komissariat (Crimean Tatar) comes from Russian комиссариат, from French commissariat, from French commissaire, from Medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
komissariat (Crimean Tatar): commissariat
Definitions
- commissariat
Ancestry of “komissariat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | комиссариат | commissariat (any public administrative agency headed by a commissar, комиссар) |
| 2 | French | commissariat | A commissionership; A police station |
| 3 | French | commissaire | commissioner; chief of police, head of police,... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | commissionarius | — |
| 5 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 6 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |