Where does “comptrollership” come from?
comptrollership (English) comes from English comptroller, from Middle English compteroller, from Middle English countreroller, from Middle French contreroleur, from Anglo-Norman contreroulour, from Old French contreroler, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum — ingot.
comptrollership (English): The position or office of a comptroller
Definitions
- The position or office of a comptroller
Ancestry of “comptrollership”, step by step
comptrollership traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English comptroller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comptroller | The chief accountant of a company or government |
| 2 | Middle English | compteroller | — |
| 3 | Middle English | countreroller | — |
| 4 | Middle French | contreroleur | account-keeper; one who keeps a register, and... |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | contreroulour | register-keeper |
| 6 | Old French | contreroler | — |
| 7 | Old French | contrerole | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | contrarotulum | a counter-roll or register used to verify... |
| 9 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 10 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 11 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 12 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 13 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 14 | French | litre | litre |
| 15 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via English ship
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ship | A water-borne vessel generally larger than a... |
| 2 | English | relationship | Connection or association; the condition of being... |
| 3 | English | relation | The manner in which two things may be associated;... |
| 4 | Middle English | relacion | — |
| 5 | Old French | relacion | — |
| 6 | Latin | relātiō | carrying or bringing back |
| 7 | Latin | referō | to bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away |
| 8 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 9 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 10 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |