Where does “kerflummoxed” come from?

kerflummoxed (English) comes from English flummoxed, from English -ed, from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

kerflummoxed (English): Discombobulated, flummoxed

Definitions

  1. Discombobulated, flummoxed

Ancestry of “kerflummoxed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflummoxedConfused, perplexed or flustered; simple past...
2English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
3Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
4Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
Every word from Old English -ed →Every word from English -ed →Every word from Middle English -ed →