Where does “noncompetent” come from?
noncompetent (English) comes from English competent, from French compétent, from German kompetent, from Italian competente, from Spanish competente, from Portuguese competente, from Latin competēns, from Latin competō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
noncompetent (English): Not competent
Definitions
- Not competent
Ancestry of “noncompetent”, step by step
noncompetent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English competent
| 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,... |