Where does “cons cell” come from?
cons cell (English) comes from English cell, from English cell phone, from English cellular phone, from English phone, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
cons cell (English): cons
Definitions
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Ancestry of “cons cell”, step by step
cons cell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cell | A single-room dwelling for a hermit; A small... |
| 2 | English | cell phone | A portable, wireless telephone, which changes... |
| 3 | English | cellular phone | A mobile phone using cellular technology; A... |
| 4 | English | phone | A device for transmitting conversations and other... |
| 5 | English | telephone | A telecommunication device used for two-way... |
| 6 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 7 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 9 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 10 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 11 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English cons
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cons | plural of con; A data structure in LISP that is a... |
| 2 | English | construct | Something constructed from parts; A concept or... |
| 3 | Latin | constructus | collected together; constructed, fabricated,... |
| 4 | Latin | cōnstruō | to heap, bring, collect or gather together |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 8 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 9 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |