Where does “assurer” come from?
I need to work through this chain carefully to construct an accurate etymology sentence.
Let me trace the chain from oldest to newest:
1. Proto-Indo-European kʷey-
2. Proto-Indo-European swoyos
3. Latin ad
4. Latin ad- (prefix)
5. Latin ad- (prefix again)
6. Latin -arius
7. Chinese 兒
8. English assure
9. English assurer (the headword)
Wait, this chain seems problematic. Let me reconsider: The chain goes from newest to oldest, so I need to reverse it:
Oldest to newest:
- Proto-Indo-European kʷey-
- Proto-Indo-European swoyos
- Latin ad
- Latin ad- (appears twice)
- Latin -arius
- Chinese 兒
- English assure
- English assurer
assurer (English): An insurer; an underwriter; One who takes out...
Definitions
- An insurer; an underwriter; One who takes out...
Ancestry of “assurer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 2 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 3 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |