The story
- Latin · derived fromcon-“altogether, completely”
- French · derived fromcontourné
- English todaycontourné
From French contourné, from Latin con- (“altogether, completely”) and tornāre (“to make round”).
Words from the same roots
Latincon- all →
comfortcontemporarycollaborationcombineconquerconstellationconvoyconcentricconnotationconurbationcondescendconsiliencecoevalaccoutercon-condoleconsilientconstult
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.