Etymology

confiture

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Today it means: a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit Full definition →

French confiture ← Old French [Term?] ← Latin cōnfectus
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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*dʰeh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  9. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  10. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  11. Latinfaciō
  12. Latincōnficiō
  13. Latincōnfectus
  14. Old French[Term?]
  15. Frenchconfit
  16. Frenchconfiture
  17. English todayconfiture

Borrowed from French confiture.

Words from the same roots

Frenchconfiture all →

comfiture

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