Where does “contoraș” come from?
contoraș (Romanian) comes from Latin contor, from French comptoir, from Middle French comptoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Ancestry of “contoraș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | contor | delay, impede |
| 2 | French | comptoir | A counter, countertop, "as of a store or bank"; A... |
| 3 | Middle French | comptoir | — |
| 4 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 5 | Old French | compter | — |
| 6 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |