Where does “וויקאָנט” come from?
וויקאָנט (Yiddish) comes from Russian виконт, from French vicomte, from Old French visconte, from Old French vice conte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin comes, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
וויקאָנט (Yiddish): viscount
Definitions
- viscount
Ancestry of “וויקאָנט”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | виконт | viscount |
| 2 | French | vicomte | viscount |
| 3 | Old French | visconte | viscount |
| 4 | Old French | vice conte | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | vicecomes | — |
| 6 | Latin | comes | a companion, comrade, partner; an attendant, a... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |