Where does “Lacaille” come from?
Lacaille (English) comes from French Lacaille, from French caille, from French cailler, from Old French quailler, from Vulgar Latin coaglare, from Latin coāgulō, from Latin coāgulum, from Latin cōgō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Lacaille (English): The star catalogue compiled by Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
Definitions
- The star catalogue compiled by Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
Ancestry of “Lacaille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Lacaille | the star catalogue compiled by Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille |
| 2 | French | caille | multicoloured, spotted; quail; inflection of... |
| 3 | French | cailler | to curdle, clot; To be very cold, to be brass... |
| 4 | Old French | quailler | Alternative form of coaillier |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | coaglare | — |
| 6 | Latin | coāgulō | to curdle; make thick, solid |
| 7 | Latin | coāgulum | tie, bond, binding agent |
| 8 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 |