assertive
English
/əˈsɝtɪv/
adj
Definitions
- Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.
Etymology
Affix from English assert root from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (bind, flow, protect, watch over, run, put together, arrange, tie, thread, unite, tack, stream, grasp, tie together, take, preserve).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ser-
Gloss
bind, flow, protect, watch over, run, put together, arrange, tie, thread, unite, tack, stream, grasp, tie together, take, preserve
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
糸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- assert English
- assertability English
- assertable English
- asserter English
- assertion English
- assertively English
- assertiveness English
- assertor English
- assort English
- counterassert English
- deassert English
- dissertation English
- hyperassertive English
- insertable English
- nonassertive English
- nonassertively English
- overassert English
- overassertive English
- overassertively English
- overassertiveness English
- reassert English
- self-assertive English
- sermonette English
- subassertive English
- unassert English
- unassertive English
- unassertively English
- unassertiveness English
- underassertive English
- underassertively English
- uninsertable English
- Sarantes Latin
- Saris Latin
- Sars Latin
- Serante Latin
- assertus Latin
- consors Latin
- cōnsors Latin
- desero Latin
- desertor Latin
- desertus Latin
- dissertatio Latin
- disserto Latin
- exsertus Latin
- insertus Latin
- sera Latin
- seraceum Latin
- series Latin
- seriēs Latin
- sermōnem, sermō Latin
- sermōnārī Latin
- sertus Latin
- serum Latin
- servo Latin
- servāre Latin
- sors Latin
- sortem Latin
- sermo Italian
- sermone Italian
- assertief Dutch, Flemish
- ἔνερσις Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμῆς Ancient Greek
- ἥρως Ancient Greek
- ὀρός Ancient Greek
- ὁρμή Ancient Greek
- ὁρός Ancient Greek
- *ser- Proto-Indo-European
- *sermō Proto-Indo-European
- *swerg- Proto-Indo-European
- *streþaną Proto-Germanic
- सरत् Sanskrit
- *sьrbъ Proto-Slavic
- sermon Old French
- Sarria Galician
- désertion Middle French
- *hera Proto-Finnic
- *sortis Proto-Italic
- 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- *héřřō Proto-Hellenic
- *həřřéyō Proto-Hellenic
- *serg- bat-pro
- assert
- assort
- assertor
- asserter
- deassert
- unassert
- reassert
- assertion
- insertable
- sermonette
- overassert
- assertable
- unassertive
- assertively
- dissertation
- uninsertable
- nonassertive
- subassertive
- assertiveness
- overassertive
- assertability
- counterassert
- unassertively
- underassertive
- self-assertive
- hyperassertive
- nonassertively
- unassertiveness
- overassertively
- underassertively
- overassertiveness