Where does “contea” come from?
contea (Italian) comes from Romanian conta, from French compter, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
contea (Italian): county; earldom
Definitions
- county; earldom
Ancestry of “contea”, step by step
contea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian conta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | conta | to count (to be of significance; to matter), be an example of something |
| 2 | French | compter | to count; to reckon, allow; to include |
| 3 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 4 | Old French | compter | — |
| 5 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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,... |
via Old French conté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | conté | county |
| 2 | Latin | comitātus | having accompanied, guarded, served, attended |
| 3 | Latin | comitor | I join someone as an attendant; accompany,... |
| 4 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 5 | Latin | -ēs | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éy- | he, this |