Where does “èkondisyone” come from?
èkondisyone (Haitian Creole) comes from French air conditionné, from English air conditioning, from English conditioning, from English condition, from Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion, from Latin condiciō, from Latin condīcō — whale, sea monster; abyss.
èkondisyone (Haitian Creole): air conditioning
Definitions
- air conditioning
Ancestry of “èkondisyone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | air conditionné | air conditioning |
| 2 | English | air conditioning | Alternative spelling of air-conditioning; The... |
| 3 | English | conditioning | The process of modifying a person or animal's... |
| 4 | English | condition | A logical clause or phrase that a conditional... |
| 5 | Middle English | condicioun | condition |
| 6 | Old French | condicion | condition; social rank |
| 7 | Latin | condiciō | An agreement, contract, covenant, stipulation, pact, proposition |
| 8 | Latin | condīcō | to talk something over together, agree to/upon, concert, promise; fix, appoint |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 17 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |