certain
French
adj
Definitions
- certain sure, positive
- certain fixed, determined
- certain specified, particular
Etymology
Inherited from Old French certain inherited from Latin certus (certain, resolved, fixed).
Origin
Latin
certus
Gloss
certain, resolved, fixed
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- certain English
- certainly English
- certainness English
- incertain English
- noncertain English
- uncertain English
- *certificare Latin
- *certānitās Latin
- *certānus Latin
- certe Latin
- certificatum Latin
- certifico, certificāre, certificō Latin
- certitudo Latin
- certo Latin
- certus Latin
- certo Italian
- incertain French
- acertar Spanish, Castilian
- *krey- Proto-Indo-European
- certein Middle English
- certes Middle English
- certeyn Middle English
- acertener Old French
- cert Old French
- certain Old French
- certa Esperanto
- cert Catalan, Valencian
- cert Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- certena Ido
- cert Old Irish
- cèrtain Norman
- certo Old Portuguese
- ciertu Asturian
- ciert Friulian
- cierto Old Spanish
- çerto Venetian
- ciart Dalmatian
- čertjoin Dalmatian
- cert Ladin
- sierto Istriot