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Where does “unassert” come from?

unassert (English) comes from English assert, from Latin assertus, from Latin asserō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

unassert (English): To take back a previous assertion; to recant...

Definitions

  1. To take back a previous assertion; to recant...

Ancestry of “unassert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassertTo declare with assurance or plainly and...
2Latinassertusdeclared free, set free, liberated, having been...
3Latinasserō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →