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Where does “assurer” come from?

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

assurer (French): to assure, to ensure, to make sure; to insure, to...

Definitions

  1. to assure, to ensure, to make sure; to insure, to...

Ancestry of “assurer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchasseurerto assure; to make certain; to assure; to...
2Old FrenchasseürerAlternative form of asseurer
3Vulgar Latin*assēcūrāre—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “assurer”

  • assurable
  • réassurance
  • assurance
  • assure
  • Assurance
  • asire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →