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 | confiding (in) |
| 4 | Latin | cōnfīdō | (+ Dative of the person and e + ablative of the thing or in/de + ablative) to be confident or assured of, confide in, believe, trust, place or put confidence in; rely upon |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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,... |