Where does “konturlos” come from?
konturlos (German) comes from German Kontur, from French contour, from French contourner, from Vulgar Latin contornare, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
konturlos (German): shapeless; faceless
Definitions
- shapeless; faceless
Ancestry of “konturlos”, step by step
konturlos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kontur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kontur | outline; contour |
| 2 | French | contour | contour |
| 3 | French | contourner | to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | contornare | — |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Swedish kontur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kontur | a contour, an outline of an object |