Where does “confusement” come from?
confusement (English) comes from English confuse, from English confused, from Middle English confused, from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, from Latin confundō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
confusement (English): Confusion
Ancestry of “confusement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | confuse | to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder ; to afflict... |
| 2 | English | confused | simple past tense and past participle of confuse;... |
| 3 | Middle English | confused | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | confus | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōnfūsus | — |
| 6 | Latin | confundō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |