contignatio

contignatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin tignum
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin contignō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin contignātiō

    From contignō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    contignātiō f (genitive contignātiōnis); third declension

    1. rafters
    2. floor, story

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative contignātiō contignātiōnēs
    genitive contignātiōnis contignātiōnum
    dative contignātiōnī contignātiōnibus
    accusative contignātiōnem contignātiōnēs
    ablative contignātiōne contignātiōnibus
    vocative contignātiō contignātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • English: contignation
    • Spanish: contignación
    • Polish: kondygnacja

    References

    • “contignatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “contignatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “contignatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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