confess
/kənˈfɛs/
- v.
- 承认，坦白，忏悔，供认
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
confess
词源说明
From Middle English confessen, from Anglo-Norman confesser, from Old French confesser, from Latin confessus (Old French confés), past participle of cōnfiteor (“to confess, admit”) from con- + fateor (“to admit”). Displaced Middle English andetten (“to confess, admit”) (from Old English andettan). Doublet of confiteor.
Sense 6 is a semantic loan from Japanese 告(こく)白(はく) (kokuhaku).