The story
- Latin · derived fromcōnficiō
- French · borrowed fromconfit
- English todayconfit
Unadapted borrowing from French confit, past participle of confire (“to preserve”), from Latin cōnficiō (perfect passive participle cōnfectus). Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt. Compare comfit.
Words from the same roots
Latincōnficiō all →
discomfit
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.