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Where does “comitor” come from?

comitor (Latin) comes from Latin comes, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

comitor (Latin): I join someone as an attendant; accompany,...

Definitions

  1. I join someone as an attendant; accompany,...

Ancestry of “comitor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincomesa companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a...
2Latincom-allomorph of con-
3Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
4Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
5Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
6Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
9Middle Englishkyt—
10Germankitt—
11Old High Germankuti—
12Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
13Proto-Germanickweduzresin
14Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
15Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “comitor”

  • county
  • concomitant
  • concomitantly
  • concomitance
  • countywide
  • intercounty
  • multicounty
  • subcounty
  • Countian
  • tricounty
  • noncounty
  • countylike
  • contadina
  • countyhood
  • concomitate
  • concomitaturus
  • concomitatus
  • concomitans
  • concomitandus
  • comitatus
  • concomitari
  • comitari
  • concomitor
  • condado
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