Where does “affidavit” come from?
Affidavit comes from Medieval Latin affidavit, from Latin affido meaning to trust or pledge, composed of the prefix ad- and a root related to Proto-Indo-European bʰeydʰ- meaning to trust or persuade.
affidavit (English): A signed document wherein an affiant makes a...
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- A signed document wherein an affiant makes a...
Ancestry of “affidavit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | affidavit | he has sworn; third-person singular perfect... |
| 2 | Latin | affido | I swear, I promise fidelity |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |