Where does “vicontiel” come from?
vicontiel (English) comes from Anglo-Norman vicontiel, from Middle French visconte, from Old French visconte, from Old French vice conte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin comes, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
vicontiel (English): Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a...
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- Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a...
Ancestry of “vicontiel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | vicontiel | — |
| 2 | Middle French | visconte | viscount |
| 3 | Old French | visconte | viscount |
| 4 | Old French | vice conte | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | vicecomes | — |
| 6 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 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 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |