Where does “conserves” come from?
conserves (English) comes from English conserve, from French conserver, from German konservieren, from Italian conservare, from Spanish conservar, from Latin cōnservō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
conserves (English): plural of conserve; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of conserve; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “conserves”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conserve | Wilderness where human development is prohibited;... |
| 2 | French | conserver | to keep; to retain, conserve, preserve |
| 3 | German | konservieren | to conserve, to preserve |
| 4 | Italian | conservare | to keep, preserve, retain, conserve, hold, save;... |
| 5 | Spanish | conservar | to conserve |
| 6 | Latin | cōnservō | to conserve, to preserve, to save, to guard, to protect |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |