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Where does “affirmen” come from?

affirmen (Middle English) comes from Old French affermer, from Latin affirmare, from Latin affirmo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “affirmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchaffermer—
2Latinaffirmarepresent active infinitive of affirmō;...
3LatinaffirmoI present as fixed, firm, or true; affirm,...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “affirmen”

  • affirm
  • affirming
  • reaffirm
  • disaffirm
  • affirmer
  • affirmeth
  • affirmable
  • disaffirmation
  • affirmability
  • affirmest
  • unaffirmable
  • affirmably
  • misaffirm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →