Where does “insultant” come from?
insultant (English) comes from English consultant, from French consultant, from French consulter, from Latin cōnsultō, from Latin cōnsultum, from Latin cōnsultus, from Latin cōnsulō, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
insultant (English): A consultant who is willing to criticise the...
Definitions
- A consultant who is willing to criticise the...
Ancestry of “insultant”, step by step
insultant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English consultant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | consultant | a person or party that is consulted; a person... |
| 2 | French | consultant | consulting; consultant; present participle of... |
| 3 | French | consulter | to consult; to refer to |
| 4 | Latin | cōnsultō | to consider, reflect, deliberate |
| 5 | Latin | cōnsultum | a response by an oracle to the consultation or inquiry of a deity |
| 6 | Latin | cōnsultus | consulted |
| 7 | Latin | cōnsulō | to consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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,... |
via English insult
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insult | To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone) |
| 2 | Middle French | insult | — |
| 3 | Latin | insultus | a scoffing, reviling, insult |
| 4 | Latin | insilio | I leap upon or in; I bound |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |