Where does “confession” come from?
Confession comes from Middle English confessioun, from Old French confession, from Latin confessio, a noun formed from the suffix -tio attached to con-, itself from cum meaning "with."
confession (English): The open admittance of having done something; A...
Definitions
- The open admittance of having done something; A...
Ancestry of “confession”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | confessioun | confession |
| 2 | Old French | confession | confession (the disclosure of one's sins to a clergyman for absolution) |
| 3 | Latin | confessio | a confession, acknowledgment; creed or avowal of... |
| 4 | Latin | cōnfiteor | to confess, admit |
| 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,... |
Words derived from “confession”
- confessional
- confessionalization
- confessionalism
- confessionally
- interconfessional
- multiconfessional
- nonconfessional
- confessionalist
- deconfessionalization
- confessionalize
- anticonfessional
- nonconfession
- semiconfessional
- confessionless
- anticonfession
- deconfessionalize
- confessionalise
- confessionality
- confessionlessness
- ethnoconfessional
- deconfessionalise
- deconfessionalisation