Where does “comfort food” come from?
comfort food (English) comes from English comfort, from Middle English confort, from Old French confort, from Old French conforter, from Latin confortō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
comfort food (English): Simple, home-cooked-style food associated with...
Definitions
- Simple, home-cooked-style food associated with...
Ancestry of “comfort food”, step by step
comfort food traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English comfort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comfort | Contentment, ease; Something that offers comfort;... |
| 2 | Middle English | confort | — |
| 3 | Old French | confort | — |
| 4 | Old French | conforter | to reassure; to comfort |
| 5 | Latin | confortō | to make stronger, strengthen |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |