myEtymology.com: English etymology of confused

Etymology of the English word confused

the English word confused

derived from the English word confuse

derived from the Old French word confus

derived from the Latin word confusus (confused, perplexed, troubled; mixed together, jumbled, disordered)

derived from the Latin word confundere (pour, mix, mass; upset, confuse; blur)

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 Late Latin word fundere (pour, cast; scatter)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gheu-

Dutch confuus, English confusing, French confus, German konfus, Italian confuso, Norwegian konfus, Spanish confuso, Swedish konfys