Where does “Komitee” come from?
Komitee (German) comes from Italian comitato, from Russian комитет, from French comité, from English committee, from English commit, from Middle English committen, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Komitee (German): committee
Ancestry of “Komitee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | comitato | committee, board |
| 2 | Russian | комитет | committee |
| 3 | French | comité | committee |
| 4 | English | committee | A body of one or more persons convened for the... |
| 5 | English | commit | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;... |
| 6 | Middle English | committen | — |
| 7 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 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,... |