Where does “cum” come from?
cum (Old French) comes from Old French conme, from Old French com, from Vulgar Latin quomo, from Latin quōmodo, from Latin quō, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque, from Latin cumque — resin, gum; to say, speak.
cum (Old French): Alternative form of conme
Definitions
- Alternative form of conme
Ancestry of “cum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | conme | as; like |
| 2 | Old French | com | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | quomo | how, in what way; like or as |
| 4 | Latin | quōmodo | — |
| 5 | Latin | quō | — |
| 6 | Latin | quī | — |
| 7 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 8 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |