Where does “overconfident” come from?
Overconfident derives from English confident, from Middle French confident, from Latin confidens, the present participle of confidere meaning to trust fully, composed of the prefix con- and a root related to Proto-Indo-European bʰidʰ-.
overconfident (English): Too confident; Presumptuous, cocksure, rude and...
Definitions
- Too confident; Presumptuous, cocksure, rude and...
Ancestry of “overconfident”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | confident | Very sure of something; positive; Self-assured,... |
| 2 | Middle French | confident | — |
| 3 | Latin | cōnfīdēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | cōnfīdō | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “overconfident”