Where does “constitucioun” come from?
constitucioun (Middle English) comes from Old French constitucion, from Latin cōnstitūtiō, from Latin cōnstituō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
constitucioun (Middle English): An ecclesiastical decree or rule, especially one...
Definitions
- An ecclesiastical decree or rule, especially one...
Ancestry of “constitucioun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | constitucion | constitution |
| 2 | Latin | cōnstitūtiō | a constitution, disposition, nature, character |
| 3 | Latin | cōnstituō | to place, put, locate, lay |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “constitucioun”
- constitution
- constitutional
- unconstitutional
- constitutionally
- constitutionality
- reconstitution
- constitutionalism
- unconstitutionally
- unconstitutionality
- constitutionalist
- constitutionalization
- extraconstitutional
- nonconstitutional
- constitutionalize
- anticonstitutional
- constitutioned
- preconstitutional
- constitutionalise
- metaconstitutional
- postconstitutional
- anticonstitutionalist
- miniconstitution
- constitutionless
- constitutionist