Where does “underkomite” come from?
underkomite (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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,...
underkomite (Norwegian Nynorsk): a subcommittee
Ancestry of “underkomite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | komité | a committee |
| 2 | French | comité | committee |
| 3 | English | committee | A body of one or more persons convened for the... |
| 4 | English | commit | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;... |
| 5 | Middle English | committen | — |
| 6 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |