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
Ancestry of “Comtist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |