Where does “comradeless” come from?
comradeless (English) comes from English comrade, from Middle French camarade, from Italian camerata, from Spanish camarada, from Spanish cámara, from Old Spanish camara, from Vulgar Latin camara, from Latin camera — to bend, to curve.
comradeless (English): Without comrades; friendless
Definitions
- Without comrades; friendless
Ancestry of “comradeless”, step by step
comradeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English comrade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comrade | A mate, companion, or associate; A companion in... |
| 2 | Middle French | camarade | — |
| 3 | Italian | camerata | dormitory; companion, mate; A fellow fascist or... |
| 4 | Spanish | camarada | comrade |
| 5 | Spanish | cámara | room; camera; chamber |
| 6 | Old Spanish | camara | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | camara | Alternative spelling of camera; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |