Where does “assertief” come from?
assertief (Dutch) comes from French assertif, from French assertion, from Latin assertio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
assertief (Dutch): assertive
Definitions
- assertive
Ancestry of “assertief”, step by step
assertief traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French assertif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | assertif | assertive |
| 2 | French | assertion | assertion |
| 3 | Latin | assertio | assertion |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English assertive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assertive | Boldly self-assured; confident without being... |
| 2 | English | assert | To declare with assurance or plainly and... |
| 3 | Latin | assertus | declared free, set free, liberated, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | asserō | to sow, plant or set near something |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |