Where does “komitato” come from?
komitato (Ido) comes from Esperanto komitato, 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,...
komitato (Ido): committee
Definitions
- committee
Ancestry of “komitato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | komitato | committee |
| 2 | Italian | comitato | committee, board |
| 3 | Russian | комитет | committee |
| 4 | French | comité | committee |
| 5 | English | committee | A body of one or more persons convened for the... |
| 6 | English | commit | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;... |
| 7 | Middle English | committen | to entrust |
| 8 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 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 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |