Where does “contusion” come from?
Contusion comes from French contusion, from Latin contusionem, the accusative form of contusio, derived from contusus, the past participle of contundere, meaning to bruise or beat together.
contusion (English): A wound, such as a bruise, in which the skin is...
Definitions
- A wound, such as a bruise, in which the skin is...
Ancestry of “contusion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | contusion | — |
| 2 | Latin | contusionem | accusative singular of contūsiō |
| 3 | Latin | contusus | subdued; beaten to a pulp |
| 4 | Latin | contundō | to beat or pound to a pulp |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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,... |