Etymology

assignment

a·ssign·ment
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Today it means: The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks. Full definition →

Middle English assignement ← Old French assignement
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  1. Old French · derived fromassignement
  2. Middle English · inherited fromassignement
  3. English todayassignment

From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment.

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