Where does “assuring” come from?
Assuring comes from Old French asseurer, formed from the Latin prefix ad- combined with a root ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- meaning to pile or heap.
assuring (English): present participle of assure
Definitions
- present participle of assure
Ancestry of “assuring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assure | To make sure and secure; ensure |
| 2 | Old French | asseürer | Alternative form of asseurer |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *assēcūrāre | — |
| 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 |