myEtymology.com: French etymology of cunfirie

Etymology of the French word cunfirie

the Old French word cunfirie

derived from the Classical Latin word conferva (aquatic plant)

derived from the Latin word confervere (knit , grow together, heal)

derived from the Latin word fervere (be hot; boil, burn; be warm, aroused, inflamed)

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

using the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

English comfrey

Word found in Old French