Etymology

confessor

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Today it means: One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred. Full definition →

Middle English confessor ← Anglo-Norman confessour ← Latin cōnfessor
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  1. Latin · derived fromcōnfessor
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromconfessour
  3. Middle English · inherited fromconfessor
  4. English todayconfessor

From Middle English confessor, confessour, from Anglo-Norman confessour, and its source, Latin cōnfessor, from cōnfiteor (“confess, admit, acknowledge”). By surface analysis, confess + -or.

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