Where does “air conditioning” come from?
air conditioning (English) comes from English conditioning, from English condition, from Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion, from Latin condiciō, from Latin condīcō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
air conditioning (English): Alternative spelling of air-conditioning; The...
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Ancestry of “air conditioning”, step by step
air conditioning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English conditioning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conditioning | The process of modifying a person or animal's... |
| 2 | English | condition | A logical clause or phrase that a conditional... |
| 3 | Middle English | condicioun | condition |
| 4 | Old French | condicion | condition; social rank |
| 5 | Latin | condiciō | An agreement, contract, covenant, stipulation, pact, proposition |
| 6 | Latin | condīcō | to talk something over together, agree to/upon, concert, promise; fix, appoint |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |