Etymology

preassigned

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Today it means: assigned or allotted in advance. Full definition →

English assigned ← Middle English assignen ← Old French assigner
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Latinassignō
  10. Old Frenchassigner
  11. Middle Englishassignen
  12. Englishassign
  13. Englishassigned
  14. English todaypreassigned

From pre- + assigned.

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