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Where does “console” come from?

console (French) comes from French consoler, from Latin consōlārī, 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,...

console (French): a projection or spur on a wall, generally in the...

Definitions

  1. a projection or spur on a wall, generally in the...

Ancestry of “console”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchconsolerto comfort, console
2Latinconsōlārī—
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 “console”

  • console
  • consoler
  • consolable
  • unconsolable
  • consolement
  • consoleth
  • unconsolably
  • consolest
  • consolably
  • consolization
  • multiconsole
  • consolized
  • consolitis
  • microconsole
  • Mittelkonsole
  • Konsole
  • console
  • konsoll
  • spillkonsoll
  • konzol
  • konsoll
  • closchonsól
  • consól
  • konsolo
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