förvisso

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

This is not the prefix för-, but the two words för visso (for sure) run together. Visso is an antiquated form and hardly appears on its own. It is related to visserligen (“surely, granted”) and German wissen (“to know”). Compare till yttermera visso and English to wisse.

Adverb edit

förvisso

for sure, no doubt

References edit

förvisso in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
förvisso in Svensk ordbok (SO)
förvisso in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
visso in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)