English
condite
Condite comes from Latin condiō ‘to preserve, pickle, season’, from condō ‘to put together’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘beside, near, by, with’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kom‘with, along, at’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*kom-‘together’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondō‘to put together’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondiōas condīre, past participle‘to preserve, pickle, season’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondītus
- Englishearliest quotation 1624condite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘beside, near, by, with’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kom‘with, along, at’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*kom-‘together’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondō‘to put together’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondiōas condīre, past participle‘to preserve, pickle, season’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondītus
- Englishearliest quotation 1624condite
Earliest quotation: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “Such are puddings stuffed with blood, or otherwise composed;…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, hot, fair, defense, fan, feature, mid, benefit, fashion, theme, defence, custom, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, treasure, ethical, thesis, aesthetic, feast, synthetic, theology, doom, defendant, tick, deed, atheist, ethic, atheism, dis, demi, deem, spade, thematic, ethos, feral, fanatic, familial, 130 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
among, gain, comply, likeness, hind, kata, limbed, 31 more
through Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’
cum, consideration, cue, 14 more
through Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
conference, consider, competition, counter, consistent, concrete, con, compulsory, commodity, compel, contra, concierge, connotation, condescend, 15 more
Today it means
verb To pickle; to preserve.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm / condite