Where does “contendress” come from?
contendress (English) comes from English contender, from English contend, from Middle English contenden, from Old French contendre, from Latin contendere, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
contendress (English): A female contender
Ancestry of “contendress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | contender | Someone who competes with one or more other... |
| 2 | English | contend | To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute;... |
| 3 | Middle English | contenden | — |
| 4 | Old French | contendre | — |
| 5 | Latin | contendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |