Where does “cèrtain” come from?

cèrtain (Norman) comes from Old French certain, from Vulgar Latin certanus, from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

cèrtain (Norman): certain

Definitions

  1. certain

Ancestry of “cèrtain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcertaincertain; sure
2Vulgar Latincertanuscertain
3Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “cèrtain”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Latin certus →Every word from Vulgar Latin certanus →