Where does “attestive” come from?
attestive (English) comes from English attest, from Middle French attester, from Latin attestor, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
attestive (English): Attesting; furnishing evidence
Definitions
- Attesting; furnishing evidence
Ancestry of “attestive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | attest | To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine; To... |
| 2 | Middle French | attester | — |
| 3 | Latin | attestor | I bear witness to; attest, prove, confirm,... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |