Where does “programkontor” come from?
programkontor (Swedish) comes from Swedish 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.
programkontor (Swedish): a program office
Definitions
- a program office
Ancestry of “programkontor”, step by step
programkontor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kontor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kontor | office; building or room |
| 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 |
via Swedish program
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | program | a program; a software application, or a... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πρόγραμμα | written public notice, edict; a written public... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | προγράφω | to set forth as a public notice; I set forth as a... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρό- | in front of; before |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |