förvisso

== Swedish == === Etymology === 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 === förvisso for sure, no doubt === References === “förvisso”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “förvisso”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “förvisso”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) visso in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)