Where does “combat” come from?
Combat comes from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin combattere, derived from the Latin prefix com- meaning "together."
combat (English): A battle, a fight; a struggle for victory; To...
Definitions
- A battle, a fight; a struggle for victory; To...
Ancestry of “combat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | combatre | to combat; to engage in battle or warfare |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | combattere | present active infinitive of *combattō |
| 3 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 4 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “combat”
- combative
- combativeness
- noncombat
- combatively
- postcombat
- combater
- noncombative
- combativity
- precombat
- uncombative
- combatable
- combateth
- noncombatively
- combatworthy
- intercombat
- combatest
- anticombat
- armored combat
- armoured combat
- post-combat
- armored combat fight
- armored combat fighting
- armoured combat fight
- armoured combat fighting