Where does “concom” come from?
concom (English) comes from English committee, from English commit, from Middle English committen, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
concom (English): The group of volunteers who organise and run a...
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- The group of volunteers who organise and run a...
Ancestry of “concom”, step by step
concom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English committee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | committee | A body of one or more persons convened for the... |
| 2 | English | commit | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;... |
| 3 | Middle English | committen | to entrust |
| 4 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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,... |
via English convention
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | convention | A meeting or gathering; A formal deliberative... |
| 2 | Middle French | convention | — |
| 3 | Latin | conventiō | meeting of people |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |