Where does “comprise” come from?
Comprise comes from Old French compris, past participle of Old French comprendre, from Latin comprehendere, formed from Latin cum and Latin prehendere meaning to seize or grasp.
comprise (English): To be made up of; to consist of; To contain or...
Definitions
- To be made up of; to consist of; To contain or...
Ancestry of “comprise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | compris | — |
| 2 | Old French | comprendre | — |
| 3 | Latin | comprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 5 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |