confidant.
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
Meaning & usage
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti Proto-Italic *feiðō Latin fīdō Latin cōnfīdō Latin cōnfīdentem Italian confidentebor. French confidentbor. English confidant Borrowed from French confident.
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