Where does “góndoła” come from?
góndoła (Venetian) comes from Greek κοντούρα, from Italian contorno, from French contour, from French contourner, from Vulgar Latin contornare, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
góndoła (Venetian): gondola
Definitions
- gondola
Ancestry of “góndoła”, step by step
góndoła traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Greek κοντούρα
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | κοντούρα | the finish of a design; outline |
| 2 | Italian | contorno | contour, outline; vegetables; first-person... |
| 3 | French | contour | contour |
| 4 | French | contourner | to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | contornare | — |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Ancient Greek κοντούρα
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | κοντούρα | small tail |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | οὐρά | the tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ors- | tail |
via Byzantine Greek κοντούρα
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byzantine Greek | κοντούρα | small tail |