Where does “becurtain” come from?
becurtain (English) comes from English curtain, from Middle English curteyn, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cortina, from Latin cortem, from Latin cors, from Latin cohors — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
becurtain (English): To curtain; bedeck or cover with a curtain; to...
Definitions
- To curtain; bedeck or cover with a curtain; to...
Ancestry of “becurtain”, step by step
becurtain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English curtain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curtain | A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to... |
| 2 | Middle English | curteyn | — |
| 3 | Old French | cortine | curtain |
| 4 | Late Latin | cortina | cauldron; curtain; curtain |
| 5 | Latin | cortina | cauldron, kettle; the sacred tripod of Apollo,... |
| 6 | Latin | cortem | accusative singular of cōrs |
| 7 | Latin | cors | Alternative form of cohors; farmyard or... |
| 8 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 9 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Be
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Be | As an auxiliary verb |
| 2 | Middle English | be | Alternative form of been; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | bēo | I become, I will be, I am; bee |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | biumi | first-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *beuną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |