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Where does “conforter” come from?

conforter (Old French) comes from Latin confortō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

conforter (Old French): to reassure; to comfort

Definitions

  1. to reassure; to comfort

Ancestry of “conforter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinconfortō—
2Latincōn-—
3Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
4Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
5Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
8Middle Englishkyt—
9Germankitt—
10Old High Germankuti—
11Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
12Proto-Germanickweduzresin
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
14Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “conforter”

  • comfort
  • comfortable
  • uncomfortable
  • comfortably
  • comforting
  • uncomfortably
  • comforter
  • comfortless
  • comfy
  • comfortingly
  • comforteth
  • comfortableness
  • uncomfortableness
  • uncomfort
  • uncomforting
  • comfortest
  • comfortlessness
  • uncomfy
  • comfortlessly
  • comfily
  • comfortress
  • comfiness
  • supercomfortable
  • semicomfortable
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