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Where does “commettre” come from?

commettre (French) comes from Latin committere, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

commettre (French): to commit

Definitions

  1. to commit

Ancestry of “commettre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincommitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2LatincommittoI commit; I begin; I carry on
3Latincōn-—
4Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
5Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
6Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
9Middle Englishkyt—
10Germankitt—
11Old High Germankuti—
12Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
13Proto-Germanickweduzresin
14Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
15Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “commettre”

  • committee
  • commissary
  • subcommittee
  • commissure
  • commissar
  • dotcom
  • commissural
  • commissaire
  • committeeman
  • comitology
  • commissurotomy
  • commissarial
  • committeewoman
  • intercommissural
  • postcommissural
  • precommissural
  • midcommissural
  • bicommissural
  • commissuroplasty
  • committeeperson
  • commissaryship
  • committeeship
  • multicommittee
  • committeeing
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