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Where does “e-confidence” come from?

e-confidence (English) comes from English confidence, from Latin confidentia, from Latin confido, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Latin quom, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóm, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos — The primary interrogative root.

e-confidence (English): Confidence in the use and teaching of information...

Definitions

  1. Confidence in the use and teaching of information...

Ancestry of “e-confidence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishconfidenceSelf-assurance; A feeling of certainty; firm...
2Latinconfidentiaassurance, confidence; boldness, impudence,...
3LatinconfidoI am confident or assured of, confide in,...
4Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
5Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
6LatinquomAlternative form of cum
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóm—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
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