Where does “accommodation” come from?
Accommodation comes from French accommodation, derived from Latin accommodatio (noun form of accommodo, meaning to fit or adjust), formed from the prefix ad- and Latin com, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European med- meaning to measure or fit.
accommodation (English): Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters...
Definitions
- Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters...
Ancestry of “accommodation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | accommodation | accommodation |
| 2 | Latin | accommodātiō | adjustment, complaisance |
| 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,... |