Where does “infectocontagios” come from?
infectocontagios (Romanian) comes from Romanian contagios, from French contagieux, from Latin contāgiōsus, from Latin contagium, from Latin contingō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
infectocontagios (Romanian): contagious
Definitions
- contagious
Ancestry of “infectocontagios”, step by step
infectocontagios traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian contagios
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | contagios | contagious |
| 2 | French | contagieux | contagious |
| 3 | Latin | contāgiōsus | contagious, infectious |
| 4 | Latin | contagium | contact, touching; contagion |
| 5 | Latin | contingō | to touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Romanian infect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | infect | revolting, disgusting |
| 2 | French | infect | vile, loathsome; revolting, disgusting |
| 3 | Latin | infectus | not done, undone; unfinished; impossible |
| 4 | Latin | īnficiō | to dip, to dunk, to submerge |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |