confessional 词源(Etymology) - 优词词源[英文版]

confessional (n.)[confessional 词源字典]: "place where a priest sits to hear confession," 1727, from French confessional, from Medieval Latin confessionale, noun use of neuter of confessionalis (adj.), from confiteri (see confess).[confessional etymology, confessional origin, 英语词源]
confessional (adj.): "pertaining to confession," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin confessionalis (see confessional (n.)).