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Where does “versichern” come from?

versichern (German) comes from Italian assicurare, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

versichern (German): to insure; to reassure, assure

Definitions

  1. to insure; to reassure, assure

Ancestry of “versichern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianassicurareto assure, guarantee; to ensure, provide; to...
2Vulgar Latin*assēcūrāre—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “versichern”

  • Lebensversicherung
  • versicherungspflichtig
  • Arbeitslosenversicherung
  • Rentenversicherung
  • Versicherung
  • Arbeitsunfähigkeitsversicherung
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →