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Where does “affermare” come from?

affermare (Italian) comes from Latin affirmō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

affermare (Italian): to declare, to affirm, to state, to claim, to...

Definitions

  1. to declare, to affirm, to state, to claim, to...

Ancestry of “affermare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaffirmō—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “affermare”

  • raffermare
  • affermatore
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →