Where does “confront” come from?
Confront comes from Old French confronter, from Medieval Latin confrontare, meaning to face, from Latin frons meaning forehead or face, combined with Latin cum meaning with.
confront (English): To stand or meet facing, especially in...
Definitions
- To stand or meet facing, especially in...
Ancestry of “confront”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | confronter | — |
| 2 | Latin | confronto | to confront |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |