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 (act of continuing)
Definitions
- continuation (act of continuing)
Ancestry of “continuation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | continuation | continuation (act of continuing) |
| 2 | Old French | continuation | continuation (act of continuing) |
| 3 | Latin | continuatio | continuation |
| 4 | Latin | continuō | to join, connect, unite, make continuous |
| 5 | Latin | continuus | continuous, uninterrupted, successive; straight,... |
| 6 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |