Where does “acrocontracture” come from?
acrocontracture (English) comes from English contracture, from French contracture, from Latin contractura, from Latin contrahere, from Latin contraho, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — resin, gum; to say, speak.
acrocontracture (English): contracture of the joints of the hands or feet
Definitions
- contracture of the joints of the hands or feet
Ancestry of “acrocontracture”, step by step
acrocontracture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English contracture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | contracture | An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of... |
| 2 | French | contracture | contracture |
| 3 | Latin | contractura | nominative feminine singular of contractūrus;... |
| 4 | Latin | contrahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | contraho | I draw, bring or drag several objects together;... |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English acro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acro | of or pertaining to something that combines... |
| 2 | English | acrobatic | Of or pertaining to an acrobat; vigorously active |
| 3 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 4 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 5 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 7 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 8 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 9 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 10 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |