Where does “assaje” come from?

assaje (Neapolitan) comes from French assez, from Middle French assez, from Old French assez, from Latin satis, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂- — to satiate, satisfy.

assaje (Neapolitan): a lot; very, a lot

Definitions

  1. a lot; very, a lot

Ancestry of “assaje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchassezenough; quite; rather
2Middle Frenchassezenough; sufficiently
3Old FrenchassezAlternative form of asez; enough
4Latinsatisenough, filled, plenty; adequately, sufficiently
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂-to satiate, satisfy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂- →Every word from Latin satis →Every word from Old French assez →