Where does “contaminatio” come from?
contaminatio (Latin) comes from Latin contāminō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
contaminatio (Latin): contamination, pollution; defilement
Definitions
- contamination, pollution; defilement
Ancestry of “contaminatio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | contāminō | to touch, bring into contact |
| 2 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 3 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 4 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “contaminatio”
- contamination
- decontamination
- recontamination
- anticontamination
- biocontamination
- contaminazione
- contamination
- contaminación
- contaminação
- contaminación
- Kontamination
- contaminatie
- kontaminacja
- cross-contamination
- anticontaminazione
- décontamination
- xenocontamination
- anticontaminação
- anticontaminación
- Grundwasserkontamination
- microcontamination
- noncontamination
- radiocontamination
- radiocontaminazione