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com⋅fit

  [kuhm-fit, kom-]
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–noun
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
Origin:
1300–50; ME confit < MF < L confectum something prepared. See confect
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com·fit   (kŭm'fĭt, kŏm'-)   
n.  A confection that consists of a piece of fruit, a seed, or a nut coated with sugar.

[Middle English confit, from Old French, from Latin cōnfectum, thing prepared, neuter past participle of cōnficere, to prepare : com-, com- + facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
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comfit 
1334, "sugarplum," from O.Fr. confite, from L. confectum, from confectionem (see confection).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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