Where does “malkontent” come from?
malkontent (Polish) comes from French malcontent, from Middle French malcontent, from Middle French content, from Old French content, from Latin contentus, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
malkontent (Polish): wet blanket
Definitions
- wet blanket
Ancestry of “malkontent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | malcontent | unhappy |
| 2 | Middle French | malcontent | unhappy |
| 3 | Middle French | content | happy; satisfied; content |
| 4 | Old French | content | — |
| 5 | Latin | contentus | stretched, strained, tense, tight, on the... |
| 6 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |