Where does “compendium” come from?
Compendium comes from Latin compendium, formed from the prefix com- (meaning "together") and a root related to pendere (meaning "to weigh" or "to hang").
compendium (English): A short, complete summary; an abstract; A list or...
Definitions
- A short, complete summary; an abstract; A list or...
Ancestry of “compendium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | compendium | saving; profit or gain, especially made by... |
| 2 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 3 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 4 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |