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
assignor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assign
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assign | To designate or set apart something for some... |
| 2 | Middle English | assignen | to assign, allot |
| 3 | Old French | assigner | to assign |
| 4 | Latin | assignō | to appoint to, assign, distribute, allot, allocate |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |