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Where does “self-assembly” come from?

self-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.

self-assembly (English): The assembly of a retail product by the customer;...

Definitions

  1. The assembly of a retail product by the customer;...

Ancestry of “self-assembly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassemblyA set of pieces that work together in unison as a...
2Middle Englishassemblee—
3Anglo-Normanasembleean assembly
4Old Frenchasembleean assembly
5Old Frenchasemblerto collect up; to get together
6Latinassimulō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →