Etymology of the English word dumfound
the English word
dumfoundderived from the English word
dumbderived from the English word
confoundderived from the Old French word
confondrederived 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-Derivations in English
dumfounded,
dumfoundingUsage
Word found in Modern English
