Where does “consultancy” come from?
Consultancy comes from English consultant, derived from French consultant and consulter, with the suffix -ia from Latin and Ancient Greek -ία, combined with the Latin prefix con-.
consultancy (English): A consultant or consulting firm; The services...
Definitions
- A consultant or consulting firm; The services...
Ancestry of “consultancy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | consultant | a person or party that is consulted; a person... |
| 2 | French | consultant | consulting; consultant; present participle of... |
| 3 | French | consulter | to consult; to refer to |
| 4 | Latin | cōnsultō | to consider, reflect, deliberate |
| 5 | Latin | cōnsultum | a response by an oracle to the consultation or inquiry of a deity |
| 6 | Latin | cōnsultus | consulted |
| 7 | Latin | cōnsulō | to consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |