Where does “ceuffon” come from?
ceuffon (Welsh) comes from Welsh ffôn, from English phone, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
ceuffon (Welsh): a hollow cane
Definitions
- a hollow cane
Ancestry of “ceuffon”, step by step
ceuffon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh ffôn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | ffôn | phone |
| 2 | English | phone | A device for transmitting conversations and other... |
| 3 | English | telephone | A telecommunication device used for two-way... |
| 4 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Welsh cau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | cau | to close, shut; to fasten; to heal, to close |
| 2 | Welsh | cael | to get, receive, have; to get to, be allowed to,... |
| 3 | English | Kyle | A placename |
| 4 | Scottish Gaelic | caol | thin, narrow; strait, narrows, firth, kyle; the... |
| 5 | Middle Irish | cáel | narrow |
| 6 | Old Irish | coíl | thin, slender, narrow |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | koilos | thin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |