Where does “incompréhensiblement” come from?
incompréhensiblement (French) comes from French incompréhensible, from French compréhensible, from Middle French comprehensible, from Latin comprehensibilis, from Latin comprehendō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
incompréhensiblement (French): incomprehensibly
Definitions
- incomprehensibly
Ancestry of “incompréhensiblement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | incompréhensible | incomprehensible |
| 2 | French | compréhensible | comprehensible; understandable |
| 3 | Middle French | comprehensible | comprehensible |
| 4 | Latin | comprehensibilis | That can be seized or laid hold of; perceptible,... |
| 5 | Latin | comprehendō | to lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |