Latin

fīdere

‘to trust’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin fīdere.

4 English words in this record descend from Latin fīdere, most familiar first.

• diffidence ← diffīdentiam ← diffīdere
• affiance ← affier ← affīdāre
• affy ← affien ← afier ← affidare ← *fīdāre
• fiador ← fiar ← fiar ← *fīdāre

Etymograph / Latin fīdere