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Where does “assessen” come from?

assessen (Middle English) comes from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, from Latin assessus, from Latin assideō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

assessen (Middle English): to assess

Definitions

  1. to assess

Ancestry of “assessen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchassesser—
2Medieval Latinassessare—
3Latinassessusseated beside one; a sitting beside someone
4Latinassideō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “assessen”

  • assessment
  • assess
  • assessing
  • reassessment
  • sess
  • reassess
  • assessable
  • assessee
  • preassessment
  • nonassessable
  • bioassessment
  • postassessment
  • assessability
  • overassessment
  • assessingly
  • underassessment
  • unassessable
  • assessible
  • nonassessment
  • overassess
  • underassess
  • unassessably
  • teleassessment
  • unassessability
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