Where does “fessways” come from?
fessways (English) comes from English fess, from English confess, from Anglo-Norman confesser, from Old French confesser, from Latin cōnfessus, from Latin cōnfiteor, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
fessways (English): Fesswise
Definitions
- Fesswise
Ancestry of “fessways”, step by step
fessways traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fess
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fess | To confess; to admit; A horizontal band across... |
| 2 | English | confess | To admit to the truth, particularly in the... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | confesser | to confess; to promise; to swear |
| 4 | Old French | confesser | to confess; to promise; to swear |
| 5 | Latin | cōnfessus | having confessed, acknowledged |
| 6 | Latin | cōnfiteor | to confess, admit |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |
via English ways
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ways | plural of way; A distance |