Where does “comfy” come from?
Comfy is an informal shortening of comfortable, which derives from Old French confortable, itself from Old French conforter meaning to strengthen or console, rooted in Latin confortare.
comfy (English): Comfortable
Definitions
- Comfortable
Ancestry of “comfy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comfortable | Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable;... |
| 2 | Old French | confortable | — |
| 3 | Old French | conforter | to reassure; to comfort |
| 4 | Latin | confortō | to make stronger, strengthen |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |