Ensure etymology

English

English word ensure comes from Old French seur (sure)

Etymology of ensure

Detailed word origin of ensure

Dictionary entry Language Definition
seur Old French (fro)
enseurer Anglo-Norman (xno)
ensure English (en) (intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]. (transitive) To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure. [14th-18th c.].

Words with the same origin as ensure

Descendants of *sauzaz

sure survey

Descendants of *eḱs

sovereign summary summer super supernatural survival survive

Descendants of *uperi

surname surrender surveillance