Where does “terra-cotta” come from?
terra-cotta (English) comes from English terracotta, from Italian cotta, from Italian cotto, from Latin cōctus, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
terra-cotta (English): Alternative form of terracotta
Definitions
- Alternative form of terracotta
Ancestry of “terra-cotta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | terracotta | A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for... |
| 2 | Italian | cotta | feminine singular of cotto; surplice, cassock,... |
| 3 | Italian | cotto | cooked; smitten; past participle of cuocere |
| 4 | Latin | cōctus | — |
| 5 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |