Where does “gondel” come from?
gondel (Dutch) comes from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, from Greek κοντούρα, from Italian contorno, from French contour, from French contourner, from Vulgar Latin contornare, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
gondel (Dutch): A gondola; A gondola of a cable car; The gondola...
Definitions
- A gondola; A gondola of a cable car; The gondola...
Ancestry of “gondel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | gondola | gondola; nacelle; pod |
| 2 | Venetian | góndoła | gondola |
| 3 | Greek | κοντούρα | the finish of a design; outline |
| 4 | Italian | contorno | contour, outline; vegetables; first-person... |
| 5 | French | contour | contour |
| 6 | French | contourner | to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | contornare | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “gondel”