Where does “assert” come from?
Assert comes from Latin assertus, the past participle of assero meaning "to claim or maintain," formed from the prefix ad- and the root ser- meaning "to join or put together."
assert (English): To declare with assurance or plainly and...
Definitions
- To declare with assurance or plainly and...
Ancestry of “assert”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | assertus | declared free, set free, liberated, having been... |
| 2 | Latin | asserō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “assert”