Where does “consigliere” come from?
consigliere (Dutch) comes from Italian consigliere, from Italian consiglio, from Latin consilium, from Latin cōnsulō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
consigliere (Dutch): a legal counsel and advisor of a crime boss, in particular in the mafia
Definitions
- a legal counsel and advisor of a crime boss, in particular in the mafia
Ancestry of “consigliere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | consigliere | adviser; councillor |
| 2 | Italian | consiglio | advice, counsel; council; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | consilium | plan, intention, design, purpose; counsel,... |
| 4 | Latin | cōnsulō | to consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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,... |