Etymology of the French word contexte
the French word
contextederived from the Latin word
contextus (context; continuous, uninterrupted, unbroken; interwoven; closely joined; connected; ordered scheme, plan, course; weaving, joining, putting together)
derived from the Latin word
contexere (weave, entwine, braid)
derived from the Latin word
texere (weave; plait; construct with elaborate care)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*teks-using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of contexte in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
microcontexte,
contextuelDerivations in other languages
Romanian
contextCognates
Dutch
context, English
context, German
Kontext, Latin
contextus, Norwegian
kontekst, Yiddish
kontekst
