Where does “underkomité” come from?

underkomité (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål komité, from French comité, from English committee, from English commit, from Middle English committen, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

underkomité (Norwegian Bokmål): a subcommittee

Definitions

  1. a subcommittee

Ancestry of “underkomité”, step by step

underkomité traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål komité

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkomitéa committee
2Frenchcomitécommittee
3EnglishcommitteeA body of one or more persons convened for the...
4EnglishcommitTo give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;...
5Middle Englishcommittento entrust
6LatincommittoI commit; I begin; I carry on
7Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Norwegian Bokmål under

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålunderbelow; beneath; during; under
2Old Norseundirunder, underneath
3Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-