English
incommodity
Incommodity comes from Latin incommoditās ‘inconvenience, unsuitableness’, from commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful,…’, 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
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*medos‘measure’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmodus‘measure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommodus‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincommodus‘inconvenience, disadvantage’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincommoditās‘inconvenience, unsuitableness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678incommodity
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
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*medos‘measure’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmodus‘measure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommodus‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincommodus‘inconvenience, disadvantage’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincommoditās‘inconvenience, unsuitableness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678incommodity
Earliest quotation: 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, London: […] E. Flesher: “a great incommodity to the body”.
Linked words
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’
consideration, cum, cue, 14 more
through Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
consider, conference, competition, counter, consistent, concrete, con, compulsory, contra, compel, concierge, connotation, condiment, condescend, 15 more
through Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’
medical, medicine, medication, med, remedy, medicinal, medic, meditate, molding, moulder, 10 more
through Latin modus ‘measure’
model, modern, mode, mud, mood, mold, module, modification, mould, modulation, modal, modus, modulus, modicum, modulo, modifiable, 18 more
through Latin commodus ‘comfortable, commodious, suitable, useful,…’
Today it means
noun inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm / incommodity