Where does “raconteurial” come from?
raconteurial (English) comes from English raconteur, from French raconteur, from French raconter, from Old French raconter, from Old French conter, from Latin computō, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
raconteurial (English): Characteristic of a raconteur
Definitions
- Characteristic of a raconteur
Ancestry of “raconteurial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | raconteur | A storyteller, especially a person noted for... |
| 2 | French | raconteur | storyteller, narrator |
| 3 | French | raconter | to recount; to tell; to narrate |
| 4 | Old French | raconter | — |
| 5 | Old French | conter | to tell; to say; to recount; to add up |
| 6 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |