Where does “assessable” come from?
Assessable comes from Middle English assessable, formed from the Middle English suffix -able, from Old French -able, from Latin -abilis, ultimately from Latin assideo meaning to sit beside or assess.
assessable (English): Able to be assessed
Definitions
- Able to be assessed
Ancestry of “assessable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | assessable | — |
| 2 | Middle English | assessen | to assess |
| 3 | Old French | assesser | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | assessare | — |
| 5 | Latin | assessus | seated beside one; a sitting beside someone |
| 6 | Latin | assideō | to sit by or near someone or something |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |