infidelity
English
/ˌɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti/
noun
Definitions
- Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
- Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
- Lack of religious belief.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (persuade, trust, command, confide with, agree, take trust, be convinced, encourage, constrain).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeydʰ-
Gloss
persuade, trust, command, confide with, agree, take trust, be convinced, encourage, constrain
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wi-Fi English
- confidante English
- confide English
- confidential English
- fiducial English
- hi-fi English
- lo-fi English
- *disfidare Latin
- affidavit Latin
- affīdāre Latin
- confidens Latin
- confido Latin
- cōnfoederāre Latin
- cōnfoederātiōnem Latin
- cōnfīdentem Latin
- cōnfīdentia Latin
- cōnfīdere Latin
- diffido Latin
- diffīdentem Latin
- diffīdentia Latin
- diffīdentia, diffīdentiam Latin
- diffīdere Latin
- disfīdāre Latin
- fideiussiōnem Latin
- fideiussōrem Latin
- fideiussōrius Latin
- fidelis Latin
- fides Latin
- fiduciarius Latin
- fidēlem, fidēle(m) Latin
- fidēlitās Latin
- fidēlitātem Latin
- fidēs, fidem Latin
- fidēs, fides, fidem Latin
- foederare Latin
- foederātus Latin
- foederō Latin
- foedifragus Latin
- fīdūcia Latin
- fīdūciārius Latin
- infidēlitātem Latin
- infīdus Latin
- īnfidēlis Latin
- affida Italian
- affidabile Italian
- affidabilità Italian
- affidamento Italian
- affidarsi Italian
- affidatario Italian
- affido Italian
- confederale Italian
- confederalismo Italian
- confederalista Italian
- confederarsi Italian
- confederativo Italian
- confederato Italian
- confidamento Italian
- confidarsi Italian
- confidenziale Italian
- confidenzialità Italian
- confidenzialmente Italian
- diffida Italian
- diffidato Italian
- disfida Italian
- fedelmente Italian
- federale Italian
- federalismo Italian
- federalista Italian
- federalistico Italian
- federalmente Italian
- federare Italian
- federarsi Italian
- fida Italian
- fidanza Italian
- fidanzamento Italian
- fidanzare Italian
- fidanzarsi Italian
- fidanzata Italian
- fidanzato Italian
- fidarsi Italian
- fidatamente Italian
- fidato Italian
- fideisticamente Italian
- fideistico Italian
- fidelizzare Italian
- fidelizzazione Italian
- fiduciante Italian
- fiduciaria Italian
- fiduciario Italian
- fiduciosamente Italian
- fiducioso Italian
- infedelmente Italian
- infidamente Italian
- sfida Italian
- sfidante Italian
- sfidare Italian
- sfidarsi Italian
- sfidato Italian
- sfidatore Italian
- sfidatrice Italian
- sfiducia Italian
- sfiduciare Italian
- sfiduciarsi Italian
- sfiduciato Italian
- sfiducioso Italian
- confident French
- fidéisme French
- fidéiste French
- fédéral French
- fédératif French
- πίστευσις Ancient Greek
- πεῖσις Ancient Greek
- πιθανός Ancient Greek
- πιστός Ancient Greek
- ἀπίστως Ancient Greek
- ἀπιστέω Ancient Greek
- ἄπιστος Ancient Greek
- *bʰendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeydʰ-, *bʰéydʰtis Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeydʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰidʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéydʰeti Proto-Indo-European
- *baidijaną Proto-Germanic
- *bidjaną Proto-Germanic
- *bīdaną Proto-Germanic
- *uzbīdaną Proto-Germanic
- bīdan, bidan Old English
- beizlumaðr Old Norse
- beiðing Old Norse
- beiðsla Old Norse
- beiðslumaðr Old Norse
- bíðendr Old Norse
- *běda Proto-Slavic
- confidence Old French
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *feiðos Proto-Italic
- *foiðos Proto-Italic
- *budil Frankish
- fidēs, fides, fidem Old Occitan
- *baitši Proto-Albanian
- *bind- Proto-Albanian
- *bindetai Proto-Albanian