ENGLISH ROOT WORD: sure "sure", "safe" from Latin securus, se, cura

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【sure】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "securus," "se," and "cura." It carries the basic meaning of "sure," and "safe."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "sure"]

assure ***[3294] to make sure or certain : convince
ensure ****[2061] To ensure something, or to ensure that something happens, means to make certain that it happens.
reassure **[4318] If you reassure someone, you say or do things to make them stop worrying about something.
sure ****[194] If you are sure that something is true, you are certain that it is true. If you are not sure about something, you do not know for certain what the true situation is.
surely ****[1794] You use surely to emphasize that you think something should be true, and you would be surprised if it was not true.

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[WORD ROOT]root sure
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] sure
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) securus, se, cura
[MEANING]root sure, safe

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 securus [se+cura] free from care, untroubled, heedless, safe
• 【Latin】 se aside, away; free from; without; self
• 【Latin】 cura care

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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assure ★★★[3294] verb from assure 〈 sure
【DEFINITION】 ① If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
② to make sure or certain : convince
③ to inform positively
【Declension/Conjugation】 assured, assured, assuring, assures
【SYNONYM】 guarantee
【COMPOSITION】 ad + sure
【ROOTs】 ⑴ as(ad); to, toward ⑵ sure; sure, safe
【Etymology】 《Latin securus》 [se+cura] free from care, untroubled, heedless, safe
【First Known Meaning】 reassure, give confidence to; make secure or safe, protect; bind by a pledge, give a promise or pledge (to do something),
【DERIVATIVEs】 assurable, assurance, assure, assurer, ensure, sure, surely, sureness

ensure ★★★★[2061] verb from ensure 〈 sure
【DEFINITION】 To ensure something, or to ensure that something happens, means to make certain that it happens.
【Declension/Conjugation】 ensured, ensured, ensuring, ensures
【SYNONYM】 make sure of
【COMPOSITION】 sure
【ROOTs】 ⑴ en; in, into ⑵ sure; sure, safe
【Etymology】 《Latin securus》 [se+cura] free from care, untroubled, heedless, safe
【DERIVATIVEs】 assure, ensure, ensurer, sure, surely, sureness

reassure ★★[4318] verb from assure 〈 sure
【DEFINITION】 If you reassure someone, you say or do things to make them stop worrying about something.
【Declension/Conjugation】 reassured reassured reassuring reassures
【SYNONYM】 set mind at rest
【COMPOSITION】 re + assure
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind, back ⑵ as(ad); without, on, to ⑶ sure; sure, safe
【Etymology】 《Latin securus》 [se+cura] free from care, untroubled, heedless, safe
【First Known Meaning】 restore (someone) to confidence
【DERIVATIVEs】 reassurance, reassurer, reassuringly, reassure

sure ★★★★[194] adjective from sure
【DEFINITION】 If you are sure that something is true, you are certain that it is true. If you are not sure about something, you do not know for certain what the true situation is.
【VARIATIONs】 비교; sure < surer < surest
【SYNONYM】 certain
【ANTONYM】 unsure
【ROOTs】 sure; sure, safe
【Etymology】 《Latin securus》 [se+cura] free from care, untroubled, heedless, safe
【First Known Meaning】 safe against attack, secure; firm, reliable
【DERIVATIVEs】 assurable, assurance, assure, assurer, ensure, ensurer, sure, surely, sureness

surely ★★★★[1794] adverb from sure
【DEFINITION】 You use surely to emphasize that you think something should be true, and you would be surprised if it was not true.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ sure; sure, safe ⑵ ly; suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin securus》 [se+cura] free from care, untroubled, heedless, safe
【DERIVATIVEs】 assure, ensure, sure, surely, sureness

Other words containing "sure"; assurable, assurance, assurer, insurability, insurable, Insurance, insure, reassurance, reinsurance, reinsure, sureness, surety, unsure

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

super-
sun
sume, sumpt-
sum
stud
struct-
strong
strike
strain-
straight, stretch

 

 

 

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