Where does “Наркомпочтель” come from?
Наркомпочтель (Russian) comes from Russian комиссариат, from French commissariat, from French commissaire, from Medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Наркомпочтель (Russian): Narkompochtel
Definitions
- Narkompochtel
Ancestry of “Наркомпочтель”, step by step
Наркомпочтель traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian комиссариат
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | комиссариат | commissariat (any public administrative agency headed by a commissar, комиссар) |
| 2 | French | commissariat | A commissionership; A police station |
| 3 | French | commissaire | commissioner; chief of police, head of police,... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | commissionarius | — |
| 5 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 6 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Russian телегра́ф
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | телегра́ф | telegraph |
| 2 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 3 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |