Where does “contesse” come from?
contesse (Old French) comes from Old French conté, from Latin comitātus, from Latin comitor, from Latin comes, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
contesse (Old French): countess
Definitions
- countess
Ancestry of “contesse”, step by step
contesse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French conté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | conté | county |
| 2 | Latin | comitātus | having accompanied, guarded, served, attended |
| 3 | Latin | comitor | I join someone as an attendant; accompany,... |
| 4 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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,... |
via Latin comitissa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | comitissa | a countess |
| 2 | English | -ess | Suffix appended to words to make a female... |
| 3 | French | -esse | used to form nouns describing the condition of... |
| 4 | Italian | -essa | -ess |
| 5 | Portuguese | -esa | feminine singular of -ês |
| 6 | Spanish | -esa | feminine singular of -és |
| 7 | Spanish | -és | Forms nouns and adjectives of nationality;... |
| 8 | Spanish | política | politics; policy; female equivalent of político |
| 9 | Spanish | político | political; in-law; politician |
| 10 | Latin | polīticus | political, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity |
| 11 | Swedish | politisk | political, having to do with politics |
| 12 | Swedish | politik | politics |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | πολιτικός | civic, constitutional, public; social |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 16 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |