Etymology

reaffirm

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Today it means: To affirm again. Full definition →

English affirm ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishaffirm
  7. English todayreaffirm

From re- + affirm.

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