Where does “conculega” come from?
conculega (Dutch) comes from Dutch concurrent, from Middle French concurrent, from Old French concurrent, from Latin concurrēns, from Latin concurrō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
conculega (Dutch): a colleague, or a person working in the same sector for a different employer, viewed to some degree as a competitor
Definitions
- a colleague, or a person working in the same sector for a different employer, viewed to some degree as a competitor
Ancestry of “conculega”, step by step
conculega traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch concurrent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | concurrent | A competitor, an economic rival; A creditor... |
| 2 | Middle French | concurrent | — |
| 3 | Old French | concurrent | — |
| 4 | Latin | concurrēns | running with others |
| 5 | Latin | concurrō | to run with others, flock together |
| 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,... |
via Dutch collega
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | collega | colleague |
| 2 | Latin | collēga | a partner (in office), colleague |
| 3 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 4 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |