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Confidence - 中譯: 信任;信心,自信;秘密

early 15c., from M.Fr. confidence or directly from L. confidentia, from confidentem (nom. confidens) "firmly trusting, bold," prp. of confidere "to have full trust or reliance," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + fidere "to trust" (see faith). For sense of "swindle" see con (3).

(論語/顏淵第十二)

子貢問「政」。子曰：「足食，足兵，民信之矣。」子貢曰：「必不得已而去，於斯三者何先？」曰：「去兵。」子貢曰：「必不得已而去，於斯二者何先？」曰：「去食。自古皆有死，民無信不立。」

一個人可信，先可以同佢分享秘密。亦衍生出 Confidential (中譯: 機密)

-al
suffix forming adjectives from nouns or other adjectives, "of, like, related to," Middle English -al, -el, from French or directly from L. -alis (see -al (2)).

再變出 Confidentiality (中譯: 保密;機密性，讀 ,kɔnfə,dentʃi:'æləti: [, 為次重音 ' 為重音 ə 為模糊原音])

-ity
suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives, meaning "condition or quality of being ______," from M.E. -ite, from O.Fr. -ité and directly from L. -itatem (nom. -itas), suffix denoting state or condition, composed of connective -i- + -tas (see -ty (2)).