Where does “condition” come from?
Condition comes from Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion, from Latin condicio, derived from the verb condico meaning to agree or arrange together.
condition (English): A logical clause or phrase that a conditional...
Definitions
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional...
Ancestry of “condition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | condicioun | condition |
| 2 | Old French | condicion | condition; social rank |
| 3 | Latin | condiciō | An agreement, contract, covenant, stipulation, pact, proposition |
| 4 | Latin | condīcō | to talk something over together, agree to/upon, concert, promise; fix, appoint |
| 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,... |
Words derived from “condition”
- conditioning
- precondition
- conditioner
- postcondition
- preconditioner
- counterconditioning
- recondition
- DEFCON
- conditionability
- postconditioning
- decondition
- subcondition
- conditionable
- countercondition
- reconditioner
- metacondition
- malcondition
- reconditionable
- unconditionable
- conditionly
- kondiĉo
- macrocondition
- كنديشن
- conditioneth