confuse
English
/kənˈfjuːz/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody.
- (transitive) To mix up, muddle up one thing with another; to mistake one thing for another.
- (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
- (transitive) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
- (transitive) To rout; discomfit.
- (intransitive) To be confused.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (pour).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰewd-
Gloss
pour
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- confusability English
- confusable English
- confusably English
- confusement English
- confuser English
- confuseth English
- confusible English
- confusopoly English
- foundation English
- refuse English
- transfuse English
- unconfusable English
- unconfuse English
- confundō Latin
- diffūsus Latin
- fundus Latin
- fūsiōnem Latin
- gutta Latin
- infundō Latin
- infusus Latin
- fonderie French
- *ǵʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *geutaną Proto-Germanic
- *gut- Proto-Germanic
- *gutō Proto-Germanic
- gutten Middle English
- refunden Middle English
- gusa Old Norse
- guz Old High German
- *hundō Proto-Italic
- *kawte urj-fpr-pro