Translation
to confirm, to bear out
Word origin
From Latin confirmare, to make firm, from con- (an intensifier here) and firmus ('firm, steady'). English confirm and firm are the same family.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- confirmare
- English cognates
- confirm, firm, affirm
Examples
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He confirmed that the meeting will take place tomorrow.
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The letters confirm everything.
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She wanted to confirm the price before buying.
Two false seams sit in this word. The opening kon- is Latin baggage, not the Esperanto verb (to know a person), and it is not a productive Esperanto prefix either. The -firm- is a Latin cousin of the separate Esperanto root , but you cannot build from it: learn the whole word. In use, says that something already claimed turns out to be so, where says you made someone sure of it.
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Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 32.