Where does “kontentigo” come from?
kontentigo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kontentiĝi, from Esperanto kontenta, from Italian contento, from Italian contentare, from Late Latin contentare, from Latin contento, from Latin contentus, from Latin contineo — resin, gum; to say, speak.
kontentigo (Esperanto): satisfaction
Definitions
- satisfaction
Ancestry of “kontentigo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kontentiĝi | to content oneself, be contented, be satisfied |
| 2 | Esperanto | kontenta | satisfied, pleased, content |
| 3 | Italian | contento | satisfied, pleased; content, happy; That which is... |
| 4 | Italian | contentare | To please or satisfy; alternative form of... |
| 5 | Late Latin | contentare | — |
| 6 | Latin | contento | dative masculine singular of contentus; dative... |
| 7 | Latin | contentus | stretched, strained, tense, tight, on the... |
| 8 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 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 |