Where does “assise” come from?
assise (Middle English) comes from Old French assises, from Latin assideō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
assise (Middle English): A holding of the court of assize ; an assizes; A...
Definitions
- A holding of the court of assize ; an assizes; A...
Ancestry of “assise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | assises | — |
| 2 | Latin | assideō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “assise”