Where does “ascertainment” come from?
Ascertainment derives from Middle English -ment, Old French -ment, and Latin -mentum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád combined with Latin certus meaning fixed or settled.
ascertainment (English): The act of ascertaining
Ancestry of “ascertainment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ascertain | To find out definitely; to discover or establish;... |
| 2 | Middle English | acerteynen | — |
| 3 | Old French | acertener | to assure; to make sure of, to make certain of |
| 4 | Old French | certain | certain; sure |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | certanus | certain |
| 6 | Latin | certus | certain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
Words derived from “ascertainment”