Where does “Kompositum” come from?
Kompositum (German) comes from Dutch compositum, from Latin compositum, from Latin compositus, from Latin compono, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Kompositum (German): compound, compound word; The composite pattern
Definitions
- compound, compound word; The composite pattern
Ancestry of “Kompositum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | compositum | — |
| 2 | Latin | compositum | inflection of compositus:
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| 3 | Latin | compositus | ordered, arranged, regular, matching; composed,... |
| 4 | Latin | compono | I arrange, compile, compose, make up; I... |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |