Where does “raffermare” come from?
raffermare (Italian) comes from Italian ferma, from French fermé, from Middle French ferme, from Old French ferme, from Medieval Latin ferma, from Latin Firma, from Latin Firmus, from Proto-Italic fermos — to support; to hold.
raffermare (Italian): to reaffirm, reconfirm; to reenlist
Definitions
- to reaffirm, reconfirm; to reenlist
Ancestry of “raffermare”, step by step
raffermare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian ferma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ferma | feminine singular of fermo; third-person singular... |
| 2 | French | fermé | past participle of fermer; closed |
| 3 | Middle French | ferme | firm |
| 4 | Old French | ferme | lease; the land leased; farm |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | ferma | Alternative form of firma |
| 6 | Latin | Firma | tax, tribute |
| 7 | Latin | Firmus | strong, powerful |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fermos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer-mo-s | holding |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
via Italian affermare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | affermare | to declare, to affirm, to state, to claim, to... |
| 2 | Latin | affirmō | to present (something) as fixed, firm, or true; affirm, assert, maintain |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Italian Fermo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | Fermo | still |