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certus

Pronunciation: [ˈkɛr.tʊs]

“certus” is a Latin word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. certain
  2. fixed, settled, firm
  3. resolved, determined
  4. sure

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kritos, the original perfect passive participle of *krinō (Latin cernō). Due to the shift in meaning, it was replaced in the verbal paradigm by crētus.

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