English
assignment
Assignment comes from Old French assignement.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400assignement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishtodayassignment
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400assignement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishtodayassignment
Equivalent to assign + -ment
Proto-Italic *segnom ‘sign’
…
Latin signō ‘mark, sign’
Latin assignō ‘to appoint to, assign, distribute, allot,…’
Old French assigner ‘to assign’
Middle English assignen ‘to assign, allot’
English assign
Every English word from Old French assignement
Today it means
noun The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French assignement / assignment