Where does “aconta” come from?
aconta (Romanian) comes from Romanian acont, from French acompte, from French compte, from Middle French compte, from Old French conté, from Latin comitātus, from Latin comitor, from Latin comes — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
aconta (Romanian): to pay an advance payment
Definitions
- to pay an advance payment
Ancestry of “aconta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | acont | down payment, advance payment |
| 2 | French | acompte | down payment, advance payment |
| 3 | French | compte | account; count; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Middle French | compte | account; tale; story; Alternative form of conte |
| 5 | Old French | conté | county |
| 6 | Latin | comitātus | having accompanied, guarded, served, attended |
| 7 | Latin | comitor | I join someone as an attendant; accompany,... |
| 8 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |