English

affirmativity

From affirmative + -ity.

Formed from affirmative + -ity

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- ‘to support’

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Latin affirmō ‘to assert’

Latin affirmativus ‘affirming, affirmative’

Old French affirmatif

Middle English affirmative

Today it means

noun The quality of being affirmative.

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

Etymograph / affirmativity