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Confide

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to tell someone a secret or private matter, trusting them to keep it confidential
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Stage 1 of 3
fides
Latin · ancient
"faith, trust"
faith, trust, giving rise to fidere (to trust)
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Stage 2 of 3
confidere
Latin · ancient
"to trust fully"
to trust fully, from com- and fidere
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Stage 3 of 3
confide
English · 1400s
"to tell someone a secret in trust"
settled as the English word for telling someone a secret in trust
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