Where does “affirmation” come from?

Affirmation comes from Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare meaning "to make firm," composed of Latin ad- "to" and a root from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- meaning "to hold or support."

affirmation (English): That which is affirmed; a declaration that...

Definitions

  1. That which is affirmed; a declaration that...

Ancestry of “affirmation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchafermacion—
2Latinaffirmāre—

Words derived from “affirmation”

Every word from Latin affirmāre →Every word from Old French afermacion →