Where does “Versicherer” come from?
Versicherer (German) comes from German versichern, from Italian assicurare, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
Versicherer (German): insurer
Definitions
- insurer
Ancestry of “Versicherer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | versichern | to insure; to reassure, assure |
| 2 | Italian | assicurare | to assure, guarantee; to ensure, provide; to... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *assēcūrāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |