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Where does “raconteur” come from?

Raconteur comes from French raconteur, formed from the French suffix -eur (from Latin -or, Old French -eor) combined with a root derived from Latin re- and con-, ultimately from Latin com-.

raconteur (English): A storyteller, especially a person noted for...

Definitions

  1. A storyteller, especially a person noted for...

Ancestry of “raconteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchraconteurstoryteller, narrator
2Frenchraconterto recount; to tell; to narrate
3Old Frenchraconter—
4Old Frenchconterto tell; to say; to recount; to add up
5Latincomputō—
6Latincom-allomorph of con-
7Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “raconteur”

  • raconteurial
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