certified
officially confirmed or qualified
Root
- cert: sure, settled, made certain
Other words with the cert root
- ascertain: to find out or make certain
- certain: sure; not in doubt
- certainty: sureness
- certificate: document that certifies something
- certification: official confirmation or credential
- certify: to confirm officially as true
- certitude: complete certainty
Cert gives sure or settled. Certified means made certain by an authority.
A certified translator checked the legal document before it was filed.
Certified is certainty with a stamp. Someone with recognized authority has checked, approved, or confirmed it, so the claim carries official weight.