Where does “deconfine” come from?
deconfine (English) comes from English confine, from Middle French confiner, from Middle French confins, from Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from Latin confinis, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
deconfine (English): To free, or be freed, from quantum confinement
Definitions
- To free, or be freed, from quantum confinement
Ancestry of “deconfine”, step by step
deconfine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English confine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | confine | To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or... |
| 2 | Middle French | confiner | — |
| 3 | Middle French | confins | — |
| 4 | Latin | confines | nominative masculine plural of cōnfīnis;... |
| 5 | Latin | confinium | confine; border; limit |
| 6 | Latin | confinis | bordering on, adjoining, contiguous |
| 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 |
via English de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de | To do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A... |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |