Where does “Zentralkomitee” come from?

Zentralkomitee (German) comes from German Komitee, from Italian comitato, from Russian комитет, from French comité, from English committee, from English commit, from Middle English committen, from Latin committo — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Zentralkomitee (German): central committee

Definitions

  1. central committee

Ancestry of “Zentralkomitee”, step by step

Zentralkomitee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Komitee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKomiteecommittee
2Italiancomitatocommittee, board
3Russianкомитетcommittee
4Frenchcomitécommittee
5EnglishcommitteeA body of one or more persons convened for the...
6EnglishcommitTo give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;...
7Middle Englishcommittento entrust
8LatincommittoI commit; I begin; I carry on
9Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
10Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
11Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
12Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt
16Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
17Old High Germankuti
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin
20Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
21Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via German zentral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzentralcentral; centrally
2Latincentrāliscentral, in the middle
3Latincentrumcenter
4Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
5Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
6Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrompointed tool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-