Etymology

assessment

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Today it means: The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed. Full definition →

English assess ← Middle English assessen ← Old French assesser
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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. Englishassess
  15. English todayassessment

From assess + -ment.

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