Where does “occitan” come from?
occitan (French) comes from Latin occitanus, from French langue d’oc, from Occitan òc, from Latin hōc, from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
occitan (French): Occitan; of or pertaining to Occitan
Definitions
- Occitan; of or pertaining to Occitan
Ancestry of “occitan”, step by step
occitan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin occitanus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | occitanus | Occitan |
| 2 | French | langue d’oc | — |
| 3 | Occitan | òc | yes |
| 4 | Latin | hōc | for this reason, because of this |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Medieval Latin occitanus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | occitanus | — |