Where does “general assembly” come from?
general assembly (English) comes from English assembly, from Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee, from Old French asemblee, from Old French asembler, from Latin assimulō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
general assembly (English): Formal meeting of all members of an organization
Definitions
- Formal meeting of all members of an organization
Ancestry of “general assembly”, step by step
general assembly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assembly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assembly | A set of pieces that work together in unison as a... |
| 2 | Middle English | assemblee | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | asemblee | an assembly |
| 4 | Old French | asemblee | an assembly |
| 5 | Old French | asembler | to collect up; to get together |
| 6 | Latin | assimulō | to consider as similar, make similar, assimilate |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English General
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | General | The military officer title |
| 2 | Middle English | general | universal, complete; comprehensive, wide-ranging;... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | general | general |
| 4 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 5 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |