Etymology

assimilation

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Today it means: The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated. Full definition →

Medieval Latin assimilatio
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  1. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromassimilatio
  2. English todayassimilation

Borrowed from Medieval Latin assimilatio. By surface analysis, assimilate + -ion.

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