Where does “self-assurance” come from?
self-assurance (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.
self-assurance (English): The state or quality of being confident in...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being confident in...
Ancestry of “self-assurance”, step by step
| 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 |