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Where does “self-assertive” come from?

self-assertive (English) comes from English assertive, from English assert, from Latin assertus, from Latin asserō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

self-assertive (English): determined to advance one's own personality or...

Definitions

  1. determined to advance one's own personality or...

Ancestry of “self-assertive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassertiveBoldly self-assured; confident without being...
2EnglishassertTo declare with assurance or plainly and...
3Latinassertusdeclared free, set free, liberated, having been...
4Latinasserō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →