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ensure
[ensure 词源字典]
ensure:
see
insure
[ensure etymology, ensure origin, 英语词源]
ensure (v.)
late 14c., from Anglo-French
enseurer
, from
en-
"make" (see
en-
(1)) + Old French
seur
"sure" (see
sure
); probably influenced by Old French
asseurer
"assure." Compare
insure
. Related:
Ensured
;
ensures
;
ensuring
.