Where does “stopcontact” come from?
stopcontact (Dutch) comes from Dutch contact, from French contact, from Latin contactus, from Latin contingō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
stopcontact (Dutch): electrical socket, outlet
Definitions
- electrical socket, outlet
Ancestry of “stopcontact”, step by step
stopcontact traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch contact
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | contact | physical contact; contact |
| 2 | French | contact | contact; contact; contact; rapport |
| 3 | Latin | contactus | touched on all sides, having been touched on all... |
| 4 | Latin | contingō | to touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Dutch stoppen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | stoppen | to stop, to halt; to plug; to stuff, to put, to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | stoppen | — |
| 3 | Frankish | stoppōn | to cram, plug, stuff |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stuppōną | to stop; to close |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |