Where does “certa” come from?

certa (Esperanto) comes from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

certa (Esperanto): certain, sure; certain, some, determinate

Definitions

  1. certain, sure; certain, some, determinate

Ancestry of “certa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “certa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Latin certus →