Etymology

comtal

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Today it means: Pertaining to a count. Full definition →

French comtal ← Latin comes, comitis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcomes, comitis“count, earl, companion, comrade”
  2. French · borrowed fromcomtal
  3. English todaycomtal

Borrowed from French comtal, from oblique stem of Latin comes, comitis (“count, earl, companion, comrade”) + -al. Doublet of comital.

Words from the same roots

Latincomes all →

comescountcomital

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