Where does “cyrtenlæcan” come from?
cyrtenlæcan (Old English) comes from Old English cyrten, from English curtain, from Middle English curteyn, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cortina, from Latin cortem, from Latin cors — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
cyrtenlæcan (Old English): to beautify, make beautiful; to make elegant
Definitions
- to beautify, make beautiful; to make elegant
Ancestry of “cyrtenlæcan”, step by step
cyrtenlæcan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English cyrten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | cyrten | fair, comely |
| 2 | English | curtain | A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to... |
| 3 | Middle English | curteyn | — |
| 4 | Old French | cortine | curtain |
| 5 | Late Latin | cortina | cauldron; curtain; curtain |
| 6 | Latin | cortina | cauldron, kettle; the sacred tripod of Apollo,... |
| 7 | Latin | cortem | accusative singular of cōrs |
| 8 | Latin | cors | Alternative form of cohors; farmyard or... |
| 9 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 10 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |