Where does “comfortingness” come from?
comfortingness (English) comes from English comforting, from English comfort, from Middle English confort, from Old French confort, from Old French conforter, from Latin confortō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
comfortingness (English): The state or condition of being comforting
Definitions
- The state or condition of being comforting
Ancestry of “comfortingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | comforting | Giving comfort; present participle of comfort;... |
| 2 | English | comfort | Contentment, ease; Something that offers comfort;... |
| 3 | Middle English | confort | — |
| 4 | Old French | confort | — |
| 5 | Old French | conforter | to reassure; to comfort |
| 6 | Latin | confortō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |