Where does “reconfortare” come from?
reconfortare (Romanian) comes from Romanian reconforta, from French réconforter, from French confort, from English comfort, from Middle English confort, from Old French confort, from Old French conforter, from Latin confortō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
reconfortare (Romanian): comforting
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Ancestry of “reconfortare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | reconforta | to comfort |
| 2 | French | réconforter | to comfort |
| 3 | French | confort | comfort |
| 4 | English | comfort | Contentment, ease; Something that offers comfort;... |
| 5 | Middle English | confort | — |
| 6 | Old French | confort | — |
| 7 | Old French | conforter | to reassure; to comfort |
| 8 | Latin | confortō | to make stronger, strengthen |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |