Etymology

establish

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Today it means: To make stable or firm; to confirm. Full definition →

Middle English establissen ← Old French establir ← Latin stabilīre
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*staējō
  4. Proto-Italic*staēō
  5. Proto-Italic*staðlis?
  6. Latinstabilis
  7. Latinstabilīre
  8. Old Frenchestablir
  9. Middle Englishestablissen
  10. English todayestablish

Inherited from Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir (modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).

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