Where does “assemblyman” come from?
assemblyman (English) comes from English assembly, from Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee, from Old French asemblee, from Old French asembler, from Latin assimulō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
assemblyman (English): A male member of an assembly; A member of the...
Definitions
- A male member of an assembly; A member of the...
Ancestry of “assemblyman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | assembly | A set of pieces that work together in unison as a... |
| 2 | Middle English | assemblee | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | asemblee | an assembly |
| 4 | Old French | asemblee | an assembly |
| 5 | Old French | asembler | to collect up; to get together |
| 6 | Latin | assimulō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |