Where does “compétence” come from?

compétence (French) comes from Late Latin competentia, from Latin competens, from Latin competo, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

compétence (French): competence, ability, skill; talent, capability

Definitions

competence, ability, skill; talent, capability

Ancestry of “compétence”, step by step

compétence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin competentia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Late Latin	competentia	agreement, symmetry, correspondence; conjunction;...
2	Latin	competens	meeting, coinciding, agreeing
3	Latin	competo	come together, meet; agree, coincide in point of...
4	Latin	com-	allomorph of con-
5	Latin	con-	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
6	Latin	cum	with, along with; at; -fold
7	Old Latin	com	Alternative form of cum
8	Proto-Italic	kom	with, along, at
9	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
10	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11	Middle English	kyt	—
12	German	kitt	putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13	Old High German	kuti	—
14	Proto-West Germanic	kwidu	gum, resin
15	Proto-Germanic	kweduz	resin
16	Proto-Indo-European	gʷet-	resin, gum; to say, speak
17	Proto-Indo-European	gū-	to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Latin competentia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	competentia	agreement, symmetry, correspondence; conjunction;...
2	Latin	competēns	meeting, coinciding, agreeing
3	Latin	competō	to come together, meet
4	Latin	cōn-	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
5	Latin	-dō	to put
6	Proto-Germanic	-dô	—
7	Sicilian	di	Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
8	Latin	dē	of; concerning; about
9	Latin	post	behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10	Latin	poste	ablative singular of postis
11	Proto-Italic	posti	behind, after
12	Proto-Indo-European	pósti	after
13	Proto-Indo-European	pós	afterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “compétence”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →