Where does “contadina” come from?
contadina (English) comes from Italian contadina, from Italian contadino, from Italian contado, from Latin comitātus, from Latin comitor, from Latin comes, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin.
contadina (English): An Italian peasant woman
Definitions
- An Italian peasant woman
Ancestry of “contadina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | contadina | feminine singular of contadino; female equivalent... |
| 2 | Italian | contadino | peasant, farmer, bond; rural, country |
| 3 | Italian | contado | county; Territory under the jurisdiction of a... |
| 4 | Latin | comitātus | having accompanied, guarded, served, attended |
| 5 | Latin | comitor | I join someone as an attendant; accompany,... |
| 6 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |