Where does “accoutrer” come from?
accoutrer (French) comes from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin acconsuturare, from Latin cōnsutūra, from Vulgar Latin consutura, from Latin cōnsūtus, from Latin cōnsuō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
accoutrer (French): to accouter
Definitions
- to accouter
Ancestry of “accoutrer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | acoustrer | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | acconsuturare | to equip with clothes |
| 3 | Latin | cōnsutūra | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | consutura | sewing, clothesmaking, the art of sewing |
| 5 | Latin | cōnsūtus | sewn or stitched together |
| 6 | Latin | cōnsuō | to sew together, sew up, stitch, join |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |