Etymology

assigner

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Today it means: One who, or that which, assigns. Full definition →

English assign ← Middle English assignen ← Old French assigner
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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*sek-?
  6. Proto-Italic*segnom
  7. Proto-Italic*segnāō
  8. Latinsignō
  9. Latinassignō
  10. Old Frenchassigner
  11. Middle Englishassignen
  12. Englishassign
  13. English todayassigner

From assign + -er.

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