Etymology of the English word comfort
the English word
comfortderived from the Old French word
confortderived from the Old French word
conforterderived from the Latin word
confortare (strengthen very much)
using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Latin word
fortis (strong, powerful, mighty)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhergh-Date
The earliest known usage of comfort in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
comforting,
comforted,
comforting.Cognates
Dutch
comfort, French
confort, German
Komfort, Italian
conforto, Lithuanian
komfortas, Norwegian
komfort, Russian
комфopт, Spanish
conforto, Swedish
komfortUsage
Word found in Modern English
