Where does “consolare” come from?
consolare (Italian) comes from Italian console, from French console, from French consoler, from Latin consōlārī, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
consolare (Italian): consular; to console, comfort
Definitions
- consular; to console, comfort
Ancestry of “consolare”, step by step
consolare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian console
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | console | consul; console, specifically |
| 2 | French | console | a projection or spur on a wall, generally in the... |
| 3 | French | consoler | to comfort, console |
| 4 | Latin | consōlārī | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Latin cōnsōlō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cōnsōlō | to console, cheer, comfort |
| 2 | Latin | solor | I comfort, console, solace; I soothe, ease,... |
| 3 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |