Where does “komencar” come from?
komencar (Ido) comes from Esperanto komenci, from English commence, from French commencer, from Italian cominciare, from Spanish comenzar, from Vulgar Latin cominitiare, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
komencar (Ido): to begin, commence
Ancestry of “komencar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | komenci | to start, begin |
| 2 | English | commence | To begin, start; To begin to be, or to act as; To... |
| 3 | French | commencer | to begin, commence |
| 4 | Italian | cominciare | to begin, to start, to commence, to set about |
| 5 | Spanish | comenzar | to begin; to commence |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | cominitiare | present active infinitive of *cominitiō;... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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,... |
Words derived from “komencar”