Where does “county at large” come from?
county at large (English) comes from English county, from Middle English countee, from Anglo-Norman French counté, from Latin comitātus, from Latin comitor, from Latin comes, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
county at large (English): The whole of a county, as distinct from some portion of it
Definitions
- The whole of a county, as distinct from some portion of it
Ancestry of “county at large”, step by step
county at large traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English county
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | county | The land ruled by a count or a countess; An... |
| 2 | Middle English | countee | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman French | counté | — |
| 4 | Latin | comitātus | having accompanied, guarded, served, attended |
| 5 | Latin | comitor | I join someone as an attendant; accompany,... |
| 6 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |