Where does “composta” come from?
composta (French) comes from French composter, from French composteur, from French compost, from Medieval Latin compostum, from Latin compositum, from Latin compositus, from Latin compono, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
composta (French): third-person singular past historic of composter
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of composter
Ancestry of “composta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | composter | To stamp to validate it before boarding a train... |
| 2 | French | composteur | composing stick; A composter; A machine used for... |
| 3 | French | compost | compost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | compostum | — |
| 5 | Latin | compositum | inflection of compositus: ##... |
| 6 | Latin | compositus | ordered, arranged, regular, matching; composed,... |
| 7 | Latin | compono | I arrange, compile, compose, make up; I... |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |