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Where does “attester” come from?

attester (French) comes from Latin attestari, from Latin attestor, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

attester (French): to attest; to support with evidence

Definitions

  1. to attest; to support with evidence

Ancestry of “attester”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinattestaripresent active infinitive of attestor
2LatinattestorI bear witness to; attest, prove, confirm,...
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →