Where does “malkontente” come from?
malkontente (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kontenta, from Italian contento, from Italian contentare, from Late Latin contentare, from Latin contento, from Latin contentus, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
malkontente (Esperanto): discontentedly
Definitions
- discontentedly
Ancestry of “malkontente”, step by step
malkontente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto kontenta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kontenta | satisfied, pleased, content |
| 2 | Italian | contento | satisfied, pleased; content, happy; That which is... |
| 3 | Italian | contentare | To please or satisfy; alternative form of... |
| 4 | Late Latin | contentare | — |
| 5 | Latin | contento | dative masculine singular of contentus; dative... |
| 6 | Latin | contentus | stretched, strained, tense, tight, on the... |
| 7 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Esperanto E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | E | Abbreviation of eosto |