Where does “assenteth” come from?
assenteth (English) comes from English assent, from Old French assent, from Latin assentio, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
assenteth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “assenteth”, step by step
assenteth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assent | To agree; to give approval; To admit a thing as... |
| 2 | Old French | assent | — |
| 3 | Latin | assentio | I assent or approve; I agree |
| 4 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |