Where does “gondola” come from?
gondola (Italian) comes from Venetian góndoła, from Greek κοντούρα, from Italian contorno, from French contour, from French contourner, from Vulgar Latin contornare, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
gondola (Italian): gondola; nacelle; pod
Definitions
- gondola; nacelle; pod
Ancestry of “gondola”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venetian | góndoła | gondola |
| 2 | Greek | κοντούρα | the finish of a design; outline |
| 3 | Italian | contorno | contour, outline; vegetables; first-person... |
| 4 | French | contour | contour |
| 5 | French | contourner | to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | contornare | — |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |