Where does “continuation” come from?
continuation (French) comes from Middle French continuation, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuatio, from Latin continuō, from Latin continuus, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
continuation (French): continuation
Ancestry of “continuation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | continuation | continuation |
| 2 | Old French | continuation | continuation |
| 3 | Latin | continuatio | continuation |
| 4 | Latin | continuō | — |
| 5 | Latin | continuus | continuous, uninterrupted, successive; straight,... |
| 6 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |