Where does “attest” come from?
Attest comes from Middle French attester, from Latin attestor meaning to bear witness, formed from Latin ad- plus a root from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- meaning to stand.
attest (English): To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine; To...
Definitions
- To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine; To...
Ancestry of “attest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | attester | — |
| 2 | Latin | attestor | I bear witness to; attest, prove, confirm,... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |