confuso etymology

Italian word confuso comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, Latin fundo, Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn̥-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn, English confundo

Detailed word origin of confuso

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*bʰudʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) to (be) awake
fundo Latin (lat) (military) I rout, scatter. (transitive) I extend, spread out. (transitive) I found, make by smelting. (transitive) I pour out, shed. (transitive) I utter. (transitive, figuratively) I moisten, wet.
*bʰudʰ-mn̥- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) bottom
*bʰudʰ-mn Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
confundo English (eng)
*fundos Proto-Italic (itc-pro)
fundus Latin (lat) An authority. Bottom. Farm; piece of land; estate. Foundation. Ground.
confundere Latin (lat)
confusus Latin (lat)
confuso Italian (ita) Past participle of confondere Confused. Embarrassed. Hazy (of memory etc). Muddled (of speech etc).

Words with the same origin as confuso

Descendants of fundo
confondere confusione diffondere diffuso fusione fuso
Descendants of *bʰudʰ-mn̥-
fondato fondazione fondo profondità profondo