Etymology

assess

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Today it means: To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate. Full definition →

Middle English assessen ← Old French assesser ← Medieval Latin assessare
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sedéh₁yeti
  7. Proto-Italic*sedēō
  8. Latinsedeō
  9. Latinassideō
  10. Latinassessus
  11. Medieval Latinassessare
  12. Old Frenchassesser
  13. Middle Englishassessen
  14. English todayassess

From Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, originally the frequentative of Latin assessus, past participle of assidēre, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”). Cognate with Spanish asentar (“to settle”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishassessen all →

assessable

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