Where does “effort” come from?
effort (Middle French) comes from Old French esfort, from Old French esforcier, from Vulgar Latin exfortio, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
effort (Middle French): strength; might; force; unit; division
Definitions
- strength; might; force; unit; division
Ancestry of “effort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | esfort | strength; might |
| 2 | Old French | esforcier | to try; to make a large effort; to use force; to... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | exfortio | I strain, strive |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “effort”