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    Where do the words 'sure and to assure' come from?

    Question #93188. Asked by Mackay007. (Mar 05 08 10:02 AM)


    BRY2K

    		It appears that the word "sure" is dervied from Middle English, from Old French, safe, from Latin sçcûrus.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sure


    Mar 05 08, 10:51 AM
    zbeckabee

    		SURE -- c.1300, "safe, secure," later "mentally certain" (c.1450), from O.Fr. sur, seur "safe, secure," from L. securus "free from care, untroubled, heedless, safe."

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=sure&searchmode=none


    ASSURE -- c.1375, from O.Fr. aseurer "to make sure," from V.L. *assecurar, from L. ad- "to" + securus "safe, secure."


    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=assure&searchmode=none

    Mar 05 08, 8:33 PM

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