Where does “conturare” come from?
conturare (Romanian) comes from Romanian contura, from Romanian contur, from French contour, from French contourner, from Vulgar Latin contornare, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
conturare (Romanian): delineation
Definitions
- delineation
Ancestry of “conturare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | contura | to outline |
| 2 | Romanian | contur | contour, outline; an object, a figure; sketch |
| 3 | French | contour | contour |
| 4 | French | contourner | to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | contornare | — |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |