English
confiteor
Confiteor comes from Latin cōnfiteor ‘to confess’, from fateor ‘acknowledge, own (up to)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine, glow light’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fatēōr‘to confess’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfateor‘acknowledge, own (up to)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfiteor‘to confess’
- Englishearliest quotation 1967confiteor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine, glow light’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fatēōr‘to confess’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfateor‘acknowledge, own (up to)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfiteor‘to confess’
- Englishearliest quotation 1967confiteor
Earliest quotation: 1967, The Saturday Evening Post: “Pugh!” she said. “You are disgusting! Go into the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’
phone, focus, famous, fuel, ben, phase, ban, fantasy, favor, fancy, fame, photographer, favourite, emphasis, fate, fatal, bee, fairy, fabulous, phenomenon, abandon, infant, phantom, beck, symphony, eff, fab, beacon, fay, bane, boon, prophetic, epiphany, fable, foyer, banish, buoy, nefarious, fantasia, bene, 122 more
through Latin fateor ‘acknowledge, own (up to)’
professor, profession, profess, confessional, confessor, 3 more
through Latin cōnfiteor ‘to confess’
Today it means
noun A prayer, typically beginning “I confess to Almighty God…” in English, in which public confession of sins is made.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- / confiteor