Where does “afidavit” come from?
afidavit (Indonesian) comes from Dutch affidavit, from Medieval Latin affidavit, from Latin affido, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
afidavit (Indonesian): affidavit: a signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Definitions
- affidavit: a signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Ancestry of “afidavit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | affidavit | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | affidavit | he has sworn; third-person singular perfect... |
| 3 | Latin | affido | I swear, I promise fidelity |
| 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 |