Where does “contentional” come from?
contentional (English) comes from English contention, from Middle English contencion, from Old French contencion, from Latin contentio, from Latin contendere, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
contentional (English): Of or relating to contention
Definitions
- Of or relating to contention
Ancestry of “contentional”, step by step
contentional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English contention
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | contention | Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | contencion | — |
| 3 | Old French | contencion | — |
| 4 | Latin | contentio | stretching, tension; competition, rivalry;... |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |