Words that come from Proto-Italic “fermos”

337 words across 46 languages descend from Proto-Italic fermos — including firm, firmly, confirm, confirmation, affirmative, affirm, affirmation, firmness.

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English (68)

Latin (50)

Italian (39)

French (22)

Portuguese (16)

Spanish (15)

Old French (13)

Esperanto (10)

German (9)

Norman (9)

Catalan (7)

Serbo-Croatian (7)

Middle English (7)

Old Portuguese (6)

Hungarian (5)

Galician (5)

Finnish (4)

Middle French (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Ido (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Dalmatian (2)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Irish (2)

Asturian (2)

Old Spanish (2)

Turkish (1)

Polish (1)

Translingual (1)

Russian (1)

Slovak (1)

Dutch (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Amharic (1)

Macedonian (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Northern Sami (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Romanian (1)

Occitan (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Norwegian (1)