Where does “곤돌라” come from?
곤돌라 (Korean) comes from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, from Greek κοντούρα, from Italian contorno, from French contour, from French contourner, from Vulgar Latin contornare, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
곤돌라 (Korean): gondola
Ancestry of “곤돌라”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | gondola | gondola; nacelle; pod |
| 2 | Venetian | góndoła | gondola |
| 3 | Greek | κοντούρα | the finish of a design; outline |
| 4 | Italian | contorno | contour, outline; vegetables; first-person... |
| 5 | French | contour | contour |
| 6 | French | contourner | to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | contornare | — |
| 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 |