Where does “commissure” come from?
Commissure comes from Latin commissura, the noun form of commissus, past participle of committere, meaning to join together or entrust, from the prefix com- meaning with or together.
commissure (English): The joint between two bones; A band of nerve...
Definitions
- The joint between two bones; A band of nerve...
Ancestry of “commissure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | commissura | A joining or connecting together; a band, knot,... |
| 2 | Latin | commissus | committed, having been committed |
| 3 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 “commissure”
- commissural
- commissurotomy
- intercommissural
- postcommissural
- precommissural
- midcommissural
- bicommissural
- commissuroplasty
- postcommissurotomy
- postcommissure
- medicommissure
- precommissure
- commissureless
- pericommissural
- circumcommissural
- infracommissural
- noncommissural
- paracommissural
- subcommissural
- supracommissural
- comisural