Where does “assimilation” come from?

assimilation (French) comes from French assimiler, from Old French assimiler, from Latin assimilō.

assimilation (French): assimilation

Definitions

  1. assimilation

Ancestry of “assimilation”, step by step

assimilation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French assimiler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchassimilerto assimilate; to liken
2Old Frenchassimilerto assimilate
3Latinassimilō—

via Latin assimilātiō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinassimilātiō—

Words derived from “assimilation”

Every word from Latin assimilō →