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Where does “confort” come from?

confort (Spanish) comes from French confort, from English comfort, from Middle English confort, from Old French confort, from Old French conforter, from Latin confortō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

confort (Spanish): comfort, ease; toilet paper

Definitions

  1. comfort, ease; toilet paper

Ancestry of “confort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchconfortcomfort
2EnglishcomfortContentment, ease; Something that offers comfort;...
3Middle Englishconfort—
4Old Frenchconfort—
5Old Frenchconforterto reassure; to comfort
6Latinconfortō—
7Latincōn-—
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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