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Where does “mécontent” come from?

mécontent (French) comes from French content, from Middle French content, from Old French content, from Latin contentus, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

mécontent (French): discontented; dissatisfied; malcontent

Definitions

  1. discontented; dissatisfied; malcontent

Ancestry of “mécontent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcontentcontent, satisfied, pleased; third-person plural...
2Middle Frenchcontenthappy; satisfied; content
3Old Frenchcontent—
4Latincontentusstretched, strained, tense, tight, on the...
5LatincontineoI hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;...
6Latincōn-—
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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