Where does “assimilate” come from?
Assimilate comes from Late Latin assimilatus, from Latin assimulatus, past participle of assimulō, combining ad- and simulō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and sem-.
assimilate (English): To incorporate nutrients into the body,...
Definitions
- To incorporate nutrients into the body,...
Ancestry of “assimilate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | assimilat | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | assimilatus | Alternative form of assimulatus |
| 3 | Latin | assimulātus | assimilated |
| 4 | Latin | assimulō | to consider as similar, make similar, assimilate |
| 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 |