Where does “comburgess” come from?
comburgess (English) comes from English com, from English committee, from English commit, from Middle English committen, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
comburgess (English): A fellow burgess
Definitions
- A fellow burgess
Ancestry of “comburgess”, step by step
comburgess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English com
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | com | Abbreviation of committee; Abbreviation of... |
| 2 | English | committee | A body of one or more persons convened for the... |
| 3 | English | commit | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;... |
| 4 | Middle English | committen | to entrust |
| 5 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Burgess
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Burgess | An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen |
| 2 | Middle English | burgeis | — |
| 3 | Old French | borgeis | town dweller |
| 4 | Old French | -eis | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 6 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 7 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 8 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 9 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |