Where does “assertive” come from?
Assertive comes from English assert, from Latin assertus (past participle of asserere, "to join to oneself"), built from Latin ad- (toward) and a root related to Proto-Indo-European ser- (to join or bind).
assertive (English): Boldly self-assured; confident without being...
Definitions
- Boldly self-assured; confident without being...
Ancestry of “assertive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assert | To declare with assurance or plainly and... |
| 2 | Latin | assertus | declared free, set free, liberated, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | asserō | to sow, plant or set near something |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |