Where does “competingly” come from?
competingly (English) comes from English competing, from English compete, from Middle French competer, from Latin competere, from Latin competo, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
competingly (English): So as to compete
Definitions
- So as to compete
Ancestry of “competingly”, step by step
competingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English competing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | competing | Being in the state of competition; present... |
| 2 | English | compete | To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for... |
| 3 | Middle French | competer | — |
| 4 | Latin | competere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | competo | come together, meet; agree, coincide in point of... |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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 |