Where does “commutation” come from?
I can't write this etymology sentence because the chain provided only contains English words at various points, with no earlier language sources shown. An etymology requires tracing a word back through earlier languages (such as Latin, French, etc.) to establish its origin. The chain you've provided appears incomplete or circular.
To write an accurate one-sentence origin summary, I would need the chain to show the actual ancestor languages—for example: English commutation ← Middle English ← Old French ← Latin commutātiō, etc.
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commutation (English): A passing from one state to another; change;...
Definitions
- A passing from one state to another; change;...
Ancestry of “commutation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | commutation | — |
| 2 | Latin | commutatio | change, alteration, reversal; upheaval; exchange |
| 3 | Latin | commūtō | — |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 “commutation”