Etymograph

English

affirmability

From affirm + -ability.

Formed from affirm + -ability

Latin affirmare ‘to present as fixed, aver, affirm’

Old French afermer

Middle English affermen ‘to decide upon’

English affirm

Today it means

noun The quality of being affirmable.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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