Where does “コント” come from?
コント (Japanese) comes from French conté, from French comté, from Middle French comté, from Old French conté, from Latin comitātus, from Latin comitor, from Latin comes, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
コント (Japanese): tale, short story; skit, sketch
Definitions
- tale, short story; skit, sketch
Ancestry of “コント”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | conté | past participle of conter |
| 2 | French | comté | county; riding; comté cheese |
| 3 | Middle French | comté | county |
| 4 | Old French | conté | county |
| 5 | Latin | comitātus | — |
| 6 | Latin | comitor | I join someone as an attendant; accompany,... |
| 7 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |