Where does “accommodating” come from?
Accommodating comes from English accommodate, derived from Latin accommodatus, the past participle of accommodo, formed from the Latin prefix ad- and Latin com, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root med- meaning to measure or fit.
accommodating (English): Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation;...
Definitions
- Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation;...
Ancestry of “accommodating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accommodate | To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to... |
| 2 | Latin | accommodātus | fit, suitable, appropriate |
| 3 | Latin | accommodō | to fit or adapt something to something else, lay, put or hang on, attach; prepare for a use, provide |
| 4 | Latin | commodō | to lend or hire |
| 5 | Latin | commodum | A convenient opportunity, favorable condition,... |
| 6 | Latin | commodus | comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful;... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |