Etymograph

English

assument

Assument comes from Latin assūmentum ‘patch (sewn on)’, from suō ‘to sew, stitch’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *sūō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sūō‘to sew, stitch’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuō‘to sew, stitch’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassuō‘to sew or patch on’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassūmentum‘patch (sewn on)’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1731assument

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sūō‘to sew, stitch’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuō‘to sew, stitch’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassuō‘to sew or patch on’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassūmentum‘patch (sewn on)’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1731assument

Earliest quotation: 1731, John Lewis: “this assument or addition Dr. Marshal says he never…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *syewH- ‘to sew’

sew, seam, sutra, hymen, sutta, 6 more

through Latin suō ‘to sew, stitch’

suture, souter, 2 more

Today it means

noun A patch; an addition; a piece put on.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *sūō / assument

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