Where does “Komödiant” come from?
Komödiant (German) comes from Italian commediante, from Italian -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
Komödiant (German): comedian, actor
Definitions
- comedian, actor
Ancestry of “Komödiant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | commediante | comedian |
| 2 | Italian | -ante | Used with a stem to form the present participle... |
| 3 | Latin | -āns | Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; see -ns |
| 4 | Latin | -ns | -ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |