Where does “composteur” come from?

composteur (French) comes from French compost, from Medieval Latin compostum, from Latin compositum, from Latin compositus, from Latin compono, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

composteur (French): composing stick; A composter; A machine used for...

Definitions

  1. composing stick; A composter; A machine used for...

Ancestry of “composteur”, step by step

composteur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French compost

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcompostcompost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying...
2Medieval Latincompostum
3Latincomposituminflection of compositus: ##...
4Latincompositusordered, arranged, regular, matching; composed,...
5LatincomponoI arrange, compile, compose, make up; I...
6Latincom-allomorph of con-
7Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Italian compositore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancompositorecomposer; compositor
2Latincompositorarranger

Words derived from “composteur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-