comfort

comfort · noun¹

1. Late Latin · derived fromconfortō
2. Old French · derived fromcunfort
3. Middle English · inherited fromcomfort
4. English todaycomfort

From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.

comfort · verb²

1. Latin · derived fromcon-“together”
2. Late Latin · derived fromconfortō“to strengthen greatly”
3. Old French · derived fromconforter
4. Middle English · inherited fromcomforten
5. English todaycomfort

From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).

Comfort · proper noun³

From the English word comfort.

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