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Where does “affermer” come from?

affermer (Old French) comes from Latin affirmare, from Latin affirmo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “affermer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “affermer”

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