Where does “contouritic” come from?
contouritic (English) comes from English contourite, from English contour, from French contour, from French contourner, from Vulgar Latin contornare, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
contouritic (English): Relating to contourites
Ancestry of “contouritic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | contourite | A sedimentary deposit produced by... |
| 2 | English | contour | An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved... |
| 3 | French | contour | contour |
| 4 | French | contourner | to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | contornare | — |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |