Where does “Contenance” come from?
Contenance (German) comes from French contenance, from Middle French countenance, from Old French countenance, from Old French contenant, from Latin continentia, from Latin continēns, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Contenance (German): countenance, composure
Ancestry of “Contenance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | contenance | capacity; composure |
| 2 | Middle French | countenance | — |
| 3 | Old French | countenance | appearance; countenance |
| 4 | Old French | contenant | — |
| 5 | Latin | continentia | nominative neuter plural of continēns; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | continēns | — |
| 7 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |