Etymology of the English word comate
the English word
comatederived from the English word
matederived from the Proto-Germanic root
*ga-matonusing the English prefix
co-derived from the Latin prefix
co-derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Latin word
comatus (county, earldom; county court; long-haired, having hair; leafy; one having long hair)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
coma (coma; hair, hair of head, mane of animal)
derived from the Greek word
kome, κόμη, κώμη (the hair of the head; a hamlet (as if laid down))
Date
The earliest known usage of comate in English dates from the 17th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
