Where does “konfitura” come from?
konfitura (Polish) comes from French confiture, from French confit, from Old French confit, from Latin cōnfectus, from Latin cōnficiō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
konfitura (Polish): jam, confiture
Definitions
- jam, confiture
Ancestry of “konfitura”, step by step
konfitura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French confiture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | confiture | jam, jelly |
| 2 | French | confit | preserved, pickled; confit; past participle of... |
| 3 | Old French | confit | preserved fruit |
| 4 | Latin | cōnfectus | prepared, accomplished, executed, having been accomplished |
| 5 | Latin | cōnficiō | to prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Polish konfident
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | konfident | confidant |
| 2 | German | Konfident | confidant, trusted friend |
| 3 | French | confident | confidant |
| 4 | Italian | confidente | confiding, trusting; confidant or confidante |
| 5 | Latin | cōnfīdēns | confiding (in) |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 10 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 11 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 12 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 13 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |