Where does “confuddledness” come from?
confuddledness (English) comes from English confuddle, from English confuse, from English confused, from Middle English confused, from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, from Latin confundō, from Latin cōn- — resin.
confuddledness (English): The quality of being confuddled
Definitions
- The quality of being confuddled
Ancestry of “confuddledness”, step by step
confuddledness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English confuddle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | confuddle | The state of confusion and/or being befuddled; To... |
| 2 | English | confuse | to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody; to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand |
| 3 | English | confused | simple past tense and past participle of confuse;... |
| 4 | Middle English | confused | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | confus | — |
| 6 | Latin | cōnfūsus | mixed, mingled, having been poured together |
| 7 | Latin | confundō | to pour, mingle, stir up |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |