Where does “affirming” come from?
Affirming comes from Middle English affirmen, from Old French afermer, from Latin affirmare, composed of the prefix ad- and the verb firmare meaning to strengthen.
affirming (English): present participle of affirm; The act of one who...
Definitions
- present participle of affirm; The act of one who...
Ancestry of “affirming”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | affermynge | — |
| 2 | Middle English | -ynge | Alternative form of -ing |
| 3 | Old English | -ung | forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |