Where does “c.” come from?
c. (French) comes from French collection, from Latin collectio, from Latin collēctus, from Latin colligere, from Latin colligō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
c. (French): Abbreviation of comme; Abbreviation of collection
Definitions
- Abbreviation of comme; Abbreviation of collection
Ancestry of “c.”, step by step
c. traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French collection
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | collection | collection |
| 2 | Latin | collectio | The act of collecting together; accumulation,... |
| 3 | Latin | collēctus | gathered, having been gathered; collected, having been collected; assembled, having been assembled |
| 4 | Latin | colligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | colligō | to gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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,... |