English

general assembly

general + assembly

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’

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Latin genus ‘class, kind’

Latin generālis ‘general’

Anglo-Norman general

Middle English general ‘universal’

Anglo-Norman asemblee

Middle English assemblee

Today it means

noun Formal meeting of all members of an organization.

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

Etymograph / general assembly