Where does “assureur” come from?
assureur (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.
assureur (French): insurer, insurance agent; belayer
Definitions
- insurer, insurance agent; belayer
Ancestry of “assureur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | assurer | to assure, to ensure, to make sure; to insure, to... |
| 2 | Middle French | asseurer | to assure; to make certain; to assure; to... |
| 3 | Old French | asseürer | Alternative form of asseurer |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *assēcūrāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |