Comparative form of certain; more sure, definite, or assured than something else.
From 'certain' (from Latin 'certus' meaning sure or determined) with the comparative suffix '-er' meaning to a greater degree.
Grammarians debate whether 'certainer' is proper English since 'certain' doesn't naturally take '-er' (we usually say 'more certain'), but it appears in older texts and dialect speech!
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