Where does “Comtist” come from?
Comtist (English) comes from English Comte, from French comté, from Middle French comté, from Old French conté, from Latin comitātus, from Latin comitor, from Latin comes, from Latin com- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Comtist (English): A follower of Comtism
Definitions
- A follower of Comtism
Ancestry of “Comtist”, step by step
Comtist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Comte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Comte | A title for a French count |
| 2 | French | comté | county; riding; comté cheese |
| 3 | Middle French | comté | county |
| 4 | Old French | conté | county |
| 5 | Latin | comitātus | having accompanied, guarded, served, attended |
| 6 | Latin | comitor | I join someone as an attendant; accompany,... |
| 7 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |