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Where does “assurable” come from?

assurable (French) comes from French assurer, from Middle French asseurer, from Old French asseürer, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

assurable (French): insurable

Definitions

  1. insurable

Ancestry of “assurable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchassurerto assure, to ensure, to make sure; to insure, to...
2Middle Frenchasseurerto assure; to make certain; to assure; to...
3Old FrenchasseürerAlternative form of asseurer
4Vulgar Latin*assēcūrāre—
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 →