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Where does “asembli” come from?

asembli (Tok Pisin) comes from English assembly, from Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee, from Old French asemblee, from Old French asembler, from Latin assimulō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

asembli (Tok Pisin): assembly

Definitions

  1. assembly

Ancestry of “asembli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassemblyA set of pieces that work together in unison as a...
2Middle Englishassemblee—
3Anglo-Normanasembleean assembly
4Old Frenchasembleean assembly
5Old Frenchasemblerto collect up; to get together
6Latinassimulō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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