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Where does “asseurer” come from?

asseurer (Middle French) comes from Old French asseürer, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

asseurer (Middle French): to assure; to make certain; to assure; to...

Definitions

  1. to assure; to make certain; to assure; to...

Ancestry of “asseurer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchasseürerAlternative form of asseurer
2Vulgar Latin*assēcūrāre—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →