comfort
English
/ˈkʌm.fət/, /ˈkʊm.fət/, /ˈkʌm.fəɹt/, /kʌmˈfɔɹt/
noun
Definitions
- Contentment, ease.
- Something that offers comfort.
- A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
- A cause of relief or satisfaction.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English conforten derived from Old French conforter derived from Latin confortō, con- (together, with, completely, equal, altogether) inherited from Middle English confort derived from Old French cunfort derived from Latin confortō.
Origin
Latin
confortō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- comfortability English
- comfortable English
- comfortative English
- comfortest English
- comforteth English
- comfortfic English
- comfortless English
- comfortlessly English
- comfortlessness English
- comfortment English
- comfortsome English
- consilience English
- constipate English
- contourné English
- fic English
- miscomfort English
- uncomfort English
- coaevus Latin
- con- Latin
- concentricus Latin
- concernere Latin
- condescendō, condescendo, condescendere Latin
- condēscendere Latin
- conforto, confortare Latin
- confortō Latin
- confrontari Latin
- conquaero, conquaerere Latin
- cōnsuō Latin
- Komfort German
- Komfortzone German
- kongenial German
- kontemporär German
- con- Italian
- con- French
- confort French
- constater French
- inconfort French
- *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European
- komfort Norwegian Bokmål
- komfort Polish
- komfort Norwegian Nynorsk
- confort Middle English
- conforten Middle English
- miscomfort Middle English
- compord Irish
- compordach Irish
- míchompord Irish
- confort Old French
- conforter Old French
- cunfort Old French
- confoort Middle Dutch
- com Old Latin