Medieval Latin

fīdō

‘to trust, put confidence in’

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

10 English words in this record descend from Medieval Latin fīdō, most familiar first.

• confidence ← cōnfīdentia ← cōnfīdō
• confident ← confidens ← cōnfīdō
• affidavit ← affido
• fiduciary ← fīdūciārius ← fīdūcia
• confidant ← confident ← confidente ← cōnfīdentem ← cōnfīdō
• confide ← confīdō
• diffident ← diffīdentem ← diffidō
• fiducial ← fīdūciālis ← fīdūcia
• affy ← affien ← afier ← affidare ← *fīdāre
• diffide ← diffido

Etymograph / Medieval Latin fīdō