Where does “conté” come from?
conté (French) comes from French comté, from Middle French comté, from Old French conté, from Latin comitātus, from Latin comitor, from Latin comes, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
conté (French): past participle of conter
Definitions
- past participle of conter
Ancestry of “conté”, step by step
conté traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French comté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | comté | county; riding; comté cheese |
| 2 | Middle French | comté | county |
| 3 | Old French | conté | county |
| 4 | Latin | comitātus | having accompanied, guarded, served, attended |
| 5 | Latin | comitor | I join someone as an attendant; accompany,... |
| 6 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Middle French conté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | conté | county |