Obs. certainly; assuredly
Origin of iwis
Middle English from Old English gewiss (akin to Ger), certain(ly) from ge-, + wiss, certain: for Indo-European base see wiseiwis
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iwis
also y·wis
adverb
ArchaicCertainly; assuredly.
Origin of iwis
Middle English from Old English gewis certain ; see weid- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From Middle English iwis, ywis (“certain, sure”), from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“known, certain, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Dutch gewis (“sure”), German gewiss (“certain”), Danish vis (“sure”). More at wit, wis.
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