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Where does “assentation” come from?

assentation (English) comes from Latin assentatio, from Latin assentor, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

assentation (English): Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or...

Definitions

  1. Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or...

Ancestry of “assentation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinassentatioassent; flattery, adulation
2LatinassentorI assent, agree with, approve; flatter
3Latinsentiō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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