Where does “assignor” come from?
Assignor comes from English assign, from Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre meaning "to allot or designate," formed from the prefix ad- plus a root from Proto-Indo-European sek- meaning "to cut or follow."
assignor (English): The person or party which makes an assignment
Definitions
- The person or party which makes an assignment
Ancestry of “assignor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | assign | To designate or set apart something for some... |
| 2 | Middle English | assignen | — |
| 3 | Old French | assigner | — |
| 4 | Latin | assignō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |