Where does “c̄” come from?
c̄ (English) comes from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
c̄ (English): With
Definitions
- With
Ancestry of “c̄”, step by step
c̄ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin cum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 2 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English b
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | b | The ordinal number second, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | B | — |
| 3 | Latin | B | — |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌁 | be |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | β | Lower-case beta (βῆτα), the second letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiced bilabial plosive: and later the voiced labiodental fricative. It is preceded by α and followed by γ |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤁 | bet; beth; house |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓉐 | — |