English
assembly
Assembly comes from Middle English assemblee, and goes back to Anglo-Norman asemblee.
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400asemblee
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500assemblee
- Englishearliest quotation 1732assembly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400asemblee
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500assemblee
- Englishearliest quotation 1732assembly
Earliest quotation: 1732, George Reynolds, A diſſertation: or: “In a word, they were made uſe of by…”
Equivalent to assemble + -y
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘together, one’
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Latin simulō ‘copy, imitate’
Medieval Latin assimulāre ‘to bring together’
Old French assembler ‘to assemble’
Middle English assemblen
English assemble
Every English word from Anglo-Norman asemblee
Today it means
noun A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Anglo-Norman asemblee / assembly