assess
/əˈses/uh-SES
/əˈsɛs/uh-SES
Meaningto sit beside (as a judge’s helper)
Common meaning: to judge the value, size or quality of
- asto, towards
- sessto sit; to stayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1658 · scan
‘to, towards’ + ‘to sit’ → assess
Journey through time
- Latinassidere‘to sit beside’source
- Englishassess‘to judge the value, size or quality of’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin sedeō ‘to sit’.
Roots
- sedeō, sēdī, sessum Latin “to sit; to stay”
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