Where does “considerableness” come from?
considerableness (English) comes from English considerable, from English consider, from Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin cōnsīderō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
considerableness (English): The state or quality of being considerable
Definitions
- The state or quality of being considerable
Ancestry of “considerableness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | considerable | Significant; worth considering; Large in amount;... |
| 2 | English | consider | To think about seriously; To think about... |
| 3 | Middle English | consideren | To consider |
| 4 | Middle French | considerer | Alternative form of consyderer |
| 5 | Latin | cōnsīderō | to examine, look at or inspect, survey |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |