English word confuse comes from Latin fundo, Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn, Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-no-, Proto-Italic *fundos, English confundo
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| fundo | Latin (lat) | (military) I rout, scatter. (transitive) I extend, spread out. (transitive) I found, make by smelting. (transitive) I pour out, shed. (transitive) I utter. (transitive, figuratively) I moisten, wet. |
| *bʰudʰ-mn | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *bʰudʰ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | to (be) awake |
| *bʰudʰ-no- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *fundos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | |
| confundo | English (en) | |
| fundus | Latin (lat) | An authority. Bottom. Farm; piece of land; estate. Foundation. Ground. |
| confundo | Latin (lat) | (figuratively) I confound, confuse, jumble together, bring into disorder; disconcert, perplex.. (figuratively) I unite, join, combine, mingle.. I diffuse, suffuse, spread over.. I pour, mingle or mix together; stir up. |
| confusus | Latin (lat) | |
| confus | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
| confuse | English (en) | (obsolete) To rout; discomfit.. To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.. To mistake one thing for another.. To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.. To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder. |