Discomfit Definition

Origin of Discomfit

• From Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire (“to undo, to destroy”), from des- (“completely”), from Latin dis- + confire (“to make”), from Latin conficio (“to finish up, to destroy”), from com- (“with, together”) + facio (“to do, to make”).

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• Middle English discomfiten from Old French desconfit past participle of desconfire, descumfire to defeat des- dis- confire to make (from Latin cōnficere to prepare comfit)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Later sense of “to embarrass, to disconcert” due to confusion with unrelated discomfort.

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