--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Piya Tan <libris@...> wrote:

> "Confidence" = com fidere (to trust)
> It's interesting to see a subtle influence of sandhi rule with the final m of com
> changing to con!
> To confide in someone also means "to place or have faith" in someone (Merriam Webster
> 3rd International)

Final -m-?

con is an intensive prefix.

hth,

tl