Where does “kont” come from?
kont (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قونت, from French comté, from Middle French comté, from Old French conté, from Latin comitātus, from Latin comitor, from Latin comes, from Latin com- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
kont (Turkish): count
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Ancestry of “kont”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قونت | count |
| 2 | French | comté | county; riding; comté cheese |
| 3 | Middle French | comté | county |
| 4 | Old French | conté | county |
| 5 | Latin | comitātus | having accompanied, guarded, served, attended |
| 6 | Latin | comitor | I join someone as an attendant; accompany,... |
| 7 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |