Where does “contextual” come from?
Contextual derives from Latin contextus, the past participle of contexere meaning "to weave together," which underlies the English noun context.
contextual (English): Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of...
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of...
Ancestry of “contextual”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | context | The surroundings, circumstances, environment,... |
| 2 | Latin | contextus | weaving; joining; connection, coherence |
| 3 | Latin | contexo | I weave, entwine or braid; I interweave, unite or... |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “contextual”
- contextually
- contextualize
- contextualization
- contextualism
- contextualist
- recontextualization
- contextuality
- recontextualize
- decontextualize
- acontextual
- noncontextual
- contextualistic
- acontextually
- macrocontextual
- microcontextual
- contextualizer
- decontextualizable
- acontextuality
- metacontextual
- noncontextually
- contextualizable
- subcontextual
- noncontextuality
- transcontextual