Where does “constitution” come from?
Constitution comes from Middle English constitucioun, from Old French constitucion, from Latin constitutio, the noun form of constituo meaning to establish or set up.
constitution (English): The act, or process of setting something up, or...
Definitions
- The act, or process of setting something up, or...
Ancestry of “constitution”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | constitucioun | An ecclesiastical decree or rule, especially one... |
| 2 | Old French | constitucion | constitution |
| 3 | Latin | cōnstitūtiō | a constitution, disposition, nature, character |
| 4 | Latin | cōnstituō | to place, put, locate, lay |
| 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 “constitution”
- constitutional
- unconstitutional
- constitutionally
- constitutionality
- reconstitution
- constitutionalism
- unconstitutionally
- unconstitutionality
- constitutionalist
- constitutionalization
- extraconstitutional
- nonconstitutional
- constitutionalize
- anticonstitutional
- constitutioned
- preconstitutional
- constitutionalise
- metaconstitutional
- postconstitutional
- anticonstitutionalist
- miniconstitution
- constitutionless
- constitutionist
- reconstitutionalization