Where does “assentiment” come from?
assentiment (French) comes from French assentir, from Middle French assentir, from Old French asentir, from Latin assentio, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
assentiment (French): consent; approval
Definitions
- consent; approval
Ancestry of “assentiment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | assentir | to assent |
| 2 | Middle French | assentir | — |
| 3 | Old French | asentir | — |
| 4 | Latin | assentio | I assent or approve; I agree |
| 5 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |