Etymograph

English

confused

Confused comes from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, the participle of cōnfundō ‘to pour together’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédtireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundō‘to pour out’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundō‘to pour’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfundō‘to pour together; to mix’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfūsus‘mixed’
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400confus
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500confused‘frustrated’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédtireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundō‘to pour out’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundō‘to pour’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfundō‘to pour together; to mix’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfūsus‘mixed’
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400confus
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500confused‘frustrated’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Formed from -ed

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-

Another origin of confused

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédtireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundō‘to pour out’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundo‘to pour’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfundere‘to pour together’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfūsus‘mixed, mingled, having been poured together’
  7. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400confus
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500confused‘frustrated, ruined’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / confused

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