Where does “conte” come from?
conte (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,...
conte (French): past participle of conter
Definitions
- past participle of conter
Ancestry of “conte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | comté | county; riding; comté cheese |
| 2 | Middle French | comté | county |
| 3 | Old French | conté | county |
| 4 | Latin | comitātus | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |