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Where does “malkontentigo” come from?

malkontentigo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kontentigo, from Esperanto kontentiĝi, from Esperanto kontenta, from Italian contento, from Italian contentare, from Late Latin contentare, from Latin contento, from Latin contentus — resin.

malkontentigo (Esperanto): disappointment

Definitions

  1. disappointment

Ancestry of “malkontentigo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokontentigosatisfaction
2Esperantokontentiĝito content oneself, be contented, be satisfied
3Esperantokontentasatisfied, pleased, content
4Italiancontentosatisfied, pleased; content, happy; That which is...
5ItaliancontentareTo please or satisfy; alternative form of...
6Late Latincontentare—
7Latincontentodative masculine singular of contentus; dative...
8Latincontentusstretched, strained, tense, tight, on the...
9LatincontineoI hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;...
10Latincōn-—
11Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
12Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
13Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt—
17Germankitt—
18Old High Germankuti—
19Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
20Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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