Where does “certitude” come from?
certitude (Middle French) comes from Latin certitūdō, from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
certitude (Middle French): certainty
Ancestry of “certitude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | certitūdō | — |
| 2 | Latin | certus | certain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
Words derived from “certitude”