英语词汇confute的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	confute
词源	confute v. "prove to be false or invalid, overthrow by evidence or stronger argument," 1520s, from French confuter, from Latin confutare "repress, check; disprove, restrain, silence," from assimilated form of com-, here perhaps an intensive prefix (see con-), + futare "to beat," which is perhaps from PIE root bhau- "to strike." Related: Confuted; confuting. Entries linking to confute con- word-forming element meaning "together, with," sometimes merely intensive; it is the form of com- used in Latin before consonants except -b-, -p-, -l-, -m-, or -r-. In native English formations (such as costar), co- tends to be used where Latin would use con-. bhau- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to strike." It forms all or part of: abut; baste (v.3) "beat with a stick, thrash;" battledore; beat; beetle (n.2) "heavy wooden mallet;" botony; boutonniere; butt (n.1) "thick end;" butt (v.) "strike with the head;" buttocks; button; buttress; confute; halibut; rebut; refute; sackbut; turbot. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Latin futare "to beat" (in compounds); Old English beadu "battle," beatan "to beat," bytl "hammer, mallet." updated on June 27, 2021
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