English
appoint
Appoint comes from Old French apointier ‘to prepare, arrange, lean, place’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400apointier‘to prepare, arrange, lean, place’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500apointen
- Englishearliest quotation 1611appoint
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400apointier‘to prepare, arrange, lean, place’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500apointen
- Englishearliest quotation 1611appoint
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’
through Latin ad ‘toward, to (direction)’
agree, ad, aim, await, attire, amortization, adage, accolade, affix, adulation, alliteration, affine, après, adobo, adroit, apres, apportion, 20 more
Today it means
verb To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French apointier / appoint