Where does “confession” come from?
confession (Old French) comes from Latin confessio, from Latin cōnfiteor, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
confession (Old French): confession (the disclosure of one's sins to a clergyman for absolution)
Definitions
- confession (the disclosure of one's sins to a clergyman for absolution)
Ancestry of “confession”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | confessio | a confession, acknowledgment; creed or avowal of... |
| 2 | Latin | cōnfiteor | to confess, admit |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “confession”
- confession
- confessional
- confessionalization
- confessionalism
- confessionally
- interconfessional
- multiconfessional
- nonconfessional
- confessionalist
- deconfessionalization
- confessionalize
- anticonfessional
- nonconfession
- semiconfessional
- confessionless
- anticonfession
- deconfessionalize
- confession
- confessioun
- confessie
- confessionnal
- confession
- confessie
- confesiune