Etymology

confidant

con·fi·dant
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Today it means: A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend. Full definition →

French confident ← Italian confidente ← Latin cōnfīdentem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéydʰeti
  8. Proto-Italic*feiðō
  9. Latinfīdō
  10. Latincōnfīdō
  11. Latincōnfīdentem
  12. Italianconfidente
  13. Frenchconfident
  14. English todayconfidant

Borrowed from French confident.

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