Etymology

assignee

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Today it means: One to whom a thing is assigned. Full definition →

Middle English assigne ← Old French assigné
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  1. Old French · derived fromassigné
  2. Middle English · inherited fromassigne
  3. English todayassignee

From Middle English assigne, from Old French assigné, equivalent to assign + -ee.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.