Where does “preassurance” come from?
preassurance (English) comes from English assurance, from Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from Old French asseürer, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
preassurance (English): previous assurance
Definitions
- previous assurance
Ancestry of “preassurance”, step by step
preassurance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assurance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assurance | The act of assuring; a declaration tending to... |
| 2 | Middle English | assuraunce | — |
| 3 | Old French | asseürance | Alternative form of asseurance |
| 4 | Old French | asseürer | Alternative form of asseurer |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *assēcūrāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |