Where does “subcomitet” come from?
subcomitet (Romanian) comes from Romanian comitet, from Russian комитет, from French comité, from English committee, from English commit, from Middle English committen, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
subcomitet (Romanian): subcommittee
Definitions
- subcommittee
Ancestry of “subcomitet”, step by step
subcomitet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian comitet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | comitet | committee |
| 2 | Russian | комитет | committee |
| 3 | French | comité | committee |
| 4 | English | committee | A body of one or more persons convened for the... |
| 5 | English | commit | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;... |
| 6 | Middle English | committen | to entrust |
| 7 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |