Where does “confessionalization” come from?
confessionalization (English) comes from English confessionalize, from English confessional, from English confession, from Middle English confessioun, from Old French confession, from Latin confessio, from Latin cōnfiteor, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
confessionalization (English): The fixing of religious beliefs into set...
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- The fixing of religious beliefs into set...
Ancestry of “confessionalization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | confessionalize | To fix religious beliefs into set categories of... |
| 2 | English | confessional | In the manner or style of a confession;... |
| 3 | English | confession | The open admittance of having done something; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | confessioun | confession |
| 5 | Old French | confession | confession (the disclosure of one's sins to a clergyman for absolution) |
| 6 | Latin | confessio | a confession, acknowledgment; creed or avowal of... |
| 7 | Latin | cōnfiteor | to confess, admit |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |