Where does “accontentamento” come from?
accontentamento (Italian) comes from Italian accontentare, from Italian contentare, from Late Latin contentare, from Latin contento, from Latin contentus, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
accontentamento (Italian): Synonym of contentamento; fulfilment,...
Definitions
- Synonym of contentamento; fulfilment,...
Ancestry of “accontentamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | accontentare | To satisfy |
| 2 | Italian | contentare | To please or satisfy; alternative form of... |
| 3 | Late Latin | contentare | — |
| 4 | Latin | contento | dative masculine singular of contentus; dative... |
| 5 | Latin | contentus | stretched, strained, tense, tight, on the... |
| 6 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |