Where does “connoisseurdom” come from?
connoisseurdom (English) comes from English connoisseur, from French connoisseur, from French connaisseur, from French connaître, from Old French conoistre, from Latin cognōscere, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
connoisseurdom (English): the state, status, condition or quality of being...
Definitions
- the state, status, condition or quality of being...
Ancestry of “connoisseurdom”, step by step
connoisseurdom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English connoisseur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | connoisseur | A specialist in a given field whose opinion is... |
| 2 | French | connoisseur | Obsolete spelling of connaisseur |
| 3 | French | connaisseur | a connoisseur |
| 4 | French | connaître | to know (of), to be familiar with a person, place, fact, event |
| 5 | Old French | conoistre | to know; to recognize |
| 6 | Latin | cognōscere | — |
| 7 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |