Where does “confirming” come from?
Confirming derives from Middle English confirmen, from Old French confermer, from Latin confirmare, formed from the prefix con- meaning "together" and the verb firmare meaning "to strengthen."
confirming (English): present participle of confirm; An act of...
Definitions
- present participle of confirm; An act of...
Ancestry of “confirming”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | confirm | To strengthen; to make firm or resolute; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | confirmen | — |
| 3 | Old French | confermer | to confirm |
| 4 | Latin | cōnfirmō | to make firm, establish, re-establish, strengthen, fortify, mature, confirm |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |