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Etymology of the English word confirm

the English word confirm

derived from the Old French word confermer

derived from the Latin word confirmare (assert positively; declare, prove; strengthen, develop, build up)

derived from the Latin word firmus (firm, steady; substantial; loyal, staunch, true)

derived from the Latin word infirmus (fragile, frail, feeble; patient, one who is sick, infirm; weak; mild, irresolute)

derived from the Latin word firmus (firm, steady; substantial; loyal, staunch, true)

derived from the Latin word infirmus (fragile, frail, feeble; patient, one who is sick, infirm; weak; mild, irresolute)

derived from the Latin word firmus (firm, steady; substantial; loyal, staunch, true)

derived from the Latin word infirmus (fragile, frail, feeble; patient, one who is sick, infirm; weak; mild, irresolute)

derived from the Latin word firmus (firm, steady; substantial; loyal, staunch, true)

derived from the Latin word infirmus (fragile, frail, feeble; patient, one who is sick, infirm; weak; mild, irresolute)

derived from the Latin word firmus (firm, steady; substantial; loyal, staunch, true)

derived from the Latin word infirmus (fragile, frail, feeble; patient, one who is sick, infirm; weak; mild, irresolute)

derived from the Latin word firmus (firm, steady; substantial; loyal, staunch, true)

derived from the Latin word infirmus (fragile, frail, feeble; patient, one who is sick, infirm; weak; mild, irresolute)

derived from the Latin word firmus (firm, steady; substantial; loyal, staunch, true)

derived from the Latin word infirmus (fragile, frail, feeble; patient, one who is sick, infirm; weak; mild, irresolute)

derived from the Latin word firmus (firm, steady; substantial; loyal, staunch, true)

derived from the Latin word infirmus (fragile, frail, feeble; patient, one who is sick, infirm; weak; mild, irresolute)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

Date

The earliest known usage of confirm in English dates from the 13th century.

Derivations in English

disconfirm, confirmed, confirming, confrmed

Cognates

Danish forme, Danish formere, Dutch vormen, Dutch vorm, Dutch formeren, English form, English form up, French confirmer, French forme, French former, German firmen, German Form, German formen, German formieren, Icelandic ferma, Italian confermare, Italian formare, Italian forma, Italian confirmare, Latin forma, Lithuanian forma, Norwegian konfirmere, Norwegian formen, Norwegian formere, Polish forma, Provençal forma, Russian фopмa, Spanish forma, Spanish confirmar, Spanish formar, Swedish konfirmera, Swedish forma, Swedish formera

Usage

Word found in Modern English

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