Where does “kontar” come from?
kontar (Ido) comes from German konto, from Italian conto, from Latin comptus, from Latin comō, from Latin quōmodo, from Latin quō, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kontar (Ido): to count, reckon, add up, tally; to take a census
Definitions
- to count, reckon, add up, tally; to take a census
Ancestry of “kontar”, step by step
kontar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German konto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | konto | account |
| 2 | Italian | conto | calculation; account; bill |
| 3 | Latin | comptus | brought together, formed, framed, constructed,... |
| 4 | Latin | comō | to bring together, form, frame, construct, arrange |
| 5 | Latin | quōmodo | in what manner or way?; how? |
| 6 | Latin | quō | whither, whereto, where |
| 7 | Latin | quī | who, that, which, what |
| 8 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 9 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 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,... |
via English count
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | count | To recite numbers in sequence; To determine the... |
| 2 | Middle English | counten | To count enumerate; give the number of |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | conter | to tell; to say; to recount; to add up |
| 4 | Old French | conter | to tell; to say; to recount; to add up |
| 5 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 6 | Latin | putō | to clean, cleanse |
| 7 | Latin | putus | pure; a boy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |