Where does “contabilă” come from?
contabilă (Romanian) comes from Romanian contabil, from Italian contabile, from French comptable, from French compter, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
contabilă (Romanian): nominative feminine singular of contabil;...
Definitions
- nominative feminine singular of contabil;...
Ancestry of “contabilă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | contabil | accountable; accountant, bookkeeper |
| 2 | Italian | contabile | book-keeping; bookkeeper; accountant |
| 3 | French | comptable | accountant; accountable, responsible |
| 4 | French | compter | to count; to reckon, allow; to include |
| 5 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 6 | Old French | compter | — |
| 7 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | computō | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |