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Where does “comprehensively” come from?

Comprehensively derives from Middle French compréhensif, ultimately from Latin cum meaning "with" combined with a root meaning "to seize or grasp."

comprehensively (English): In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or...

Definitions

  1. In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or...

Ancestry of “comprehensively”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomprehensiveBroadly or completely covering; including a large...
2Middle Frenchcompréhensif—
3Latincomprehēnsīvus—
4Latincomprehendō—
5Latincōn-—
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt—
12Germankitt—
13Old High Germankuti—
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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