Where does “curtină” come from?
curtină (Romanian) comes from French courtine, from Middle French courtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cortina, from Latin cortem, from Latin cors, from Latin cohors — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
curtină (Romanian): curtain
Definitions
- curtain
Ancestry of “curtină”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | courtine | curtain |
| 2 | Middle French | courtine | curtain |
| 3 | Old French | cortine | curtain |
| 4 | Late Latin | cortina | cauldron; curtain; curtain |
| 5 | Latin | cortina | cauldron, kettle; the sacred tripod of Apollo,... |
| 6 | Latin | cortem | accusative singular of cōrs |
| 7 | Latin | cors | Alternative form of cohors; farmyard or... |
| 8 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 9 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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,... |