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Where does “attester” come from?

attester (Middle French) comes from Latin attestor, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “attester”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinattestorI bear witness to; attest, prove, confirm,...
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 “attester”

  • attest
  • attestation
  • attestable
  • attestor
  • unattestable
  • attesteth
  • attestive
  • attester
  • attestably
  • attestability
  • attesteren
  • attestering
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →