confundere etymology

Latin word confundere comes from Latin fundo, Proto-Indo-European *dʰewp-, Proto-Indo-European - -mḗn, Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn̥-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn

Detailed word origin of confundere

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
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.
*dʰewp- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
- -mḗn Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*bʰudʰ-mn̥- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*bʰudʰ-mn Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*bʰudʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*fundos Proto-Italic (itc-pro)
fundus Latin (lat) An authority. Bottom. Farm; piece of land; estate. Foundation. Ground.
confundere Latin (lat)

Words with the same origin as confundere

Descendants of - -mḗn
fundo fundus