Etymology

assize

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Today it means: A session or inquiry made before a court or jury. Full definition →

Middle English assise ← Old French assises ← Latin assidere
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromassidere
  2. Old French · derived fromasseoir“to sit”
  3. Old French · derived fromassises
  4. Middle English · inherited fromassise
  5. English todayassize

From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchasseoir all →

sewer

Latinassidere all →

sizesewer

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.