Where does “subcomarca” come from?
subcomarca (Spanish) comes from Catalan comarca, from Catalan co-, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
subcomarca (Spanish): subdistrict; a division of a comarca
Definitions
- subdistrict; a division of a comarca
Ancestry of “subcomarca”, step by step
subcomarca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan comarca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | comarca | district |
| 2 | Catalan | co- | co- together; jointly |
| 3 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Spanish comarca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | comarca | district |
| 2 | Spanish | marca | brand; mark; print |
| 3 | Late Latin | marca | boundary-mark, boundary, limit; borderland,... |
| 4 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |