Where does “afirmativament” come from?
afirmativament (Catalan) comes from Catalan afirmatiu, from Latin affirmativus, from Latin affirmō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
afirmativament (Catalan): affirmatively
Definitions
- affirmatively
Ancestry of “afirmativament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | afirmatiu | affirmative |
| 2 | Latin | affirmativus | affirming, affirmative |
| 3 | Latin | affirmō | to present (something) as fixed, firm, or true; affirm, assert, maintain |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |