Where does “gondola” come from?
Gondola comes from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, from Ancient Greek κοντούρα, from Ancient Greek οὐρά meaning tail, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱent-.
gondola (English): A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and...
Definitions
- A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and...
Ancestry of “gondola”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | gondola | gondola; nacelle; pod |
| 2 | Venetian | góndoła | gondola |
| 3 | Greek | κοντούρα | the finish of a design; outline |
| 4 | Italian | contorno | contour, outline; vegetables; first-person... |
| 5 | French | contour | contour |
| 6 | French | contourner | to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | contornare | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |