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assemble
- /əˈsɛm.bəl/
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo-
Proto-Italic *semalis
Latin similis
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin simulō
Medieval Latin assimulōder.
Old French assemblerbor.
Middle English assemblen
English assemble
From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.
verb assembles · assembling · assembled
- To put together. He assembled the model ship.
- To gather as a group. The parents assembled in the school hall.
- To translate from assembly language to machine code.
Similar: construct, produce, put together, begather, round up, assemble, congregate, congress, crowd, fall in with, flock, forgather
