Where does “assign” come from?
Assign comes from Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre meaning "to allot or appoint," formed from the prefix ad- and the root sek- meaning "to cut or divide."
assign (English): To designate or set apart something for some...
Definitions
- To designate or set apart something for some...
Ancestry of “assign”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | assignen | to assign, allot |
| 2 | Old French | assigner | to assign |
| 3 | Latin | assignō | to appoint to, assign, distribute, allot, allocate |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |