Where does “contractile” come from?
contractile (French) comes from French contracter, from Latin contractus, from Latin contrahō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
contractile (French): contractile
Definitions
- contractile
Ancestry of “contractile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | contracter | To engage via a formal or informal contract; to... |
| 2 | Latin | contractus | collected, accomplished, contracted; narrow,... |
| 3 | Latin | contrahō | to draw in, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “contractile”
- contractile
- noncontractile
- hypercontractile
- anticontractile
- vasocontractile
- contractibil
- contractiel
- contractil
- electrocontractile
- supercontractile
- arterio-contractile
- acontractile
- contractibilitate
- fibrocontractile
- hypocontractile
- incontractile
- intercontractile
- myocontractile
- precontractile
- procontractile
- uncontractile
- kontraktil