Firm

Morpheme

Firm

Type

free base

Denotation

stable, strong, powerful, steadfast, true

Etymology

(1) Middle English ferme, fermen; Old French ferme, fermer; Latin firmāre, from firmus; (2) Italian firma, from firmare; Latin firmāre, from firmus

Evidence

affirm, affirmability, affirmable, affirmance, affirmation, affirmative, affirmed, affirmer, affirming, affirms, autoconfirm, confirm, confirmability, confirmable, confirmance, confirmation, confirmative, confirmed, confirmee, confirming, confirmingly, confirms, deconfirm, disconfirm, firm, firmament, firmed, firmer, firmest, firming, firmish, firmless, firmly, firmness, firmographics, firms, firmware, firmwide, infirm, infirmary, infirmer, infirmest, infirmity, infirmly, infirmness, interfirm, megafirm, misconfirm, multifirm, preconfirm, reaffirm, reconfirm, semifirm, superfirm, unaffirmed, unaffirming, unconfirm, unfirm

See Also

Ferm