Proto-Italic
*fermos
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *fermos.
11 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *fermos, most familiar first.
- firm ← firma ← firmare ← firmo ← firmus
- confirm ← confirmen ← confermer ← cōnfirmāre ← firmāre
- confirmation ← confirmacioun ← confirmacion ← cōnfirmātiō ← cōnfirmātus
- affirmative ← affirmatif ← affirmativus ← affirmō ← firmō
- affirmation ← afermacion ← affirmō ← firmō ← firmus
- affirming ← affermynge ← affermen ← afermer ← affirmō
- firmament ← firmāmentum ← firmō ← firmus
- fermata ← fermare ← firmō ← firmus
- affirmatio ← affirmō ← firmō ← firmus
- firmity ← firmitas ← firmus
- firmitude ← firmitudo ← firmus
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *fermos