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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | contractual | contractual |
| 2 | French | contractuel | contractual |
| 3 | French | contrat | contract |
| 4 | Old French | contract | — |
| 5 | Latin | contractus | collected, accomplished, contracted; narrow,... |
| 6 | Latin | contrahō | to draw in, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English contractual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | contractual | Of, relating to, or enforced by a contract |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of 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 |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |