Where does “comfortress” come from?
comfortress (English) comes from English Comforter, from Ancient Greek παράκλητος, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos.
comfortress (English): A woman who comforts
Ancestry of “comfortress”, step by step