Where does “contractualism” come from?

contractualism (English) comes from Romanian contractual, from French contractuel, from French contrat, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus, from Latin contrahō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

contractualism (English): A political theory based on the idea of a social...

Definitions

  1. A political theory based on the idea of a social...

Ancestry of “contractualism”, step by step

contractualism traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian contractual

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancontractualcontractual
2Frenchcontractuelcontractual
3Frenchcontratcontract
4Old Frenchcontract
5Latincontractuscollected, accomplished, contracted; narrow,...
6Latincontrahōto draw in, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass
7Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English contractual

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcontractualOf, relating to, or enforced by a contract
2English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English ism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishismAn ideology, system of thought, or practice that...
2English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-