A cherished sister wrote that her dog has a comfy bed, and every gringo / gringa would know that's an informal term for comfortable. So I looked up where the word "comfortable" comes from, and guess what? No clue!
But I did see the word "snug" so that's todays word. It means, yes, to be comfortable, but also to make something secure. Oh, and the term "snug down"means to prepare a ship for a storm.
And the origin? From a Scandanavian word snygg
According to my etymology dictionary, 'comfortable,' (able to comfort) is from L.L. confortare "to strengthen much" (used in Vulgate), from L. com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + fortis "strong"
ReplyDelete'Comfy' hasn't retained much of that!