Etymology

reassemble

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Today it means: To assemble again. Full definition →

English assemble ← Middle English assemblen ← Old French assembler
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  7. Proto-Italic*ad
  8. Proto-Italic*ad-
  9. Latinad-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sem-h₂-lo-
  12. Proto-Italic*semalis
  13. Latinsimilis
  14. Latinsimulō
  15. Medieval Latinassimulō
  16. Old Frenchassembler
  17. Middle Englishassemblen
  18. Englishassemble
  19. English todayreassemble

From re- + assemble.

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