Where does “конто́ра” come from?
конто́ра (Russian) comes from German Kontor, from Middle Low German kontôr, from Middle Dutch contoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō — resin.
конто́ра (Russian): office, bureau
Definitions
- office, bureau
Ancestry of “конто́ра”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kontor | branch office |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kontôr | commercial branch; writing room; counting... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | contoor | — |
| 4 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 5 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 6 | Old French | compter | — |
| 7 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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 |