Where does “immunocompetent” come from?
Immunocompetent combines English immune with competent, which derives from Middle English and Old French competent, from Latin competens, the present participle of competo, meaning to strive together, from con- and peto, to seek.
immunocompetent (English): Having a functioning immune system
Definitions
- Having a functioning immune system
Ancestry of “immunocompetent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | competent | Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or... |
| 2 | French | compétent | competent |
| 3 | German | kompetent | competent |
| 4 | Italian | competente | competent; expert, qualified; having jurisdiction |
| 5 | Spanish | competente | competent; expert, qualified |
| 6 | Portuguese | competente | competent |
| 7 | Latin | competēns | meeting, coinciding, agreeing |
| 8 | Latin | competō | to come together, meet |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |