Confuse
/kənˈfjuːz/noun
To make someone unable to think clearly or understand something.
Did you know?Confuse comes from Latin confundere, literally “to pour together,” the same root family that gave English fondue via the idea of melting and mixing things together.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷʰey-
“to pour, shed”
Latin
Latin
fundere
“to pour”
Latin
Latin
confundere
“to pour together, mix up; later, to confound or confuse”
Old French
Old French
confuser
“to confuse, confound”
Middle English
English
confusen
“to confound, perplex”
Modern English
English
confuse
“to make mentally unclear or disordered”