counsel
English
/ˈkaʊn.səl/
noun
Definitions
- The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
- Exercise of judgment; prudence.
- Advice; guidance.
- Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
- (obsolete) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
- A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English counseil derived from Old French conseil derived from Latin cōnsilium (council) root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (take, grab, favorable, favourable, grasp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*selh₁-
Gloss
take, grab, favorable, favourable, grasp
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cocounsel English
- counselee English
- counselest English
- counseleth English
- counsellable English
- counsellee English
- counsellest English
- counselleth English
- miscounsel English
- miscounseling English
- miscounselling English
- precounsel English
- consilium Latin
- consulo Latin
- cōnsilium Latin
- cōnsul Latin
- cōnsultō Latin
- consiglio Italian
- conseil French
- консилиум Russian
- aconsejar Spanish, Castilian
- consejar Spanish, Castilian
- consejo Spanish, Castilian
- ἕλωρ Ancient Greek
- *selh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *selh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *saljaną Proto-Germanic
- conseil Middle English
- counseil Middle English
- miscounceilen Middle English
- *sъlati Proto-Slavic
- conseil Old French
- conseillier Old French
- consiliu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- konseho Cebuano
- selb Old Irish
- slán Old Irish
- konseho Tagalog
- conseil Middle French
- consello Old Portuguese
- *selwo- Proto-Celtic
- *tosliyeti Proto-Celtic
- *tosliyeti, *-sliyeti Proto-Celtic
- consei Friulian
- conselh Old Occitan
- consejo Ladino
- konsejo Ladino
- קונסיזﬞו Ladino