Where does “concisely” come from?
Concisely comes from the English adjective concise, from Latin concisus meaning "cut up," derived from concidere, composed of the prefix con- and cadere meaning "to fall or cut."
concisely (English): In a concise manner, briefly, without excessive...
Definitions
- In a concise manner, briefly, without excessive...
Ancestry of “concisely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | concise | brief, yet including all important information;... |
| 2 | Latin | concīsus | cut or broken up |
| 3 | Latin | concīdō | to fall down or together, tumble to the ground, collapse, break down, drop |
| 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,... |