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Where does “certificare” come from?

certificare (Latin) comes from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

Ancestry of “certificare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “certificare”

  • autocertificare
  • certificate
  • certificare
  • certificabile
  • certificato
  • autocertificato
  • certificatore
  • sertifisere
  • sertifisering
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