assemble

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
2. Proto-Italic*ad
3. Proto-Italic*ad-
4. Latinad-
5. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
6. Proto-Indo-European*sem-h₂-lo-
7. Proto-Italic*semalis
8. Latinsimilis
9. Latinsimulō
10. Medieval Latinassimulō
11. Old Frenchassembler
12. Middle Englishassemblen
13. English todayassemble

From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.

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