Where does “assessingly” come from?

assessingly (English) comes from English assessing, from English assess, from Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, from Latin assessus, from Latin assideō, from Latin ad- — in.

assessingly (English): So as to assess

Definitions

  1. So as to assess

Ancestry of “assessingly”, step by step

assessingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English assessing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishassessingpresent participle of assess; Action of the verb...
2EnglishassessTo determine, estimate or judge the value of; to...
3Middle Englishassessento assess
4Old Frenchassesser
5Medieval Latinassessare
6Latinassessusseated beside one; a sitting beside someone
7Latinassideōto sit by or near someone or something
8Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9Latinīn-un-, non-, not
10Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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