Where does “comfortlessly” come from?
comfortlessly (English) comes from English comfortless, 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,...
comfortlessly (English): In a comfortless manner
Definitions
- In a comfortless manner
Ancestry of “comfortlessly”, step by step
comfortlessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English comfortless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comfortless | Deprived of comfort; uncomforted; Offering no... |
| 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 | to make stronger, strengthen |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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,... |