Etymograph

English

self-certify

From self- + certify.

Formed from self- + certify

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

Old French certefier ‘confirm, assure, make certain’

English certify

Today it means

verb To confirm or certify something without the substantiation of another person or party.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-certify”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / self-certify