assign的词源
英文词源
- assign
- assign: see sign
- assign (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French assiginer (13c.) "assign, set (a date, etc.); appoint legally; allot," from Latin assignare "to mark out, to allot by sign, assign, award," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + signare "make a sign," from signum "mark" (see sign). Main original use was in English law, in transferences of personal property. General meaning "to fix, settle, determine, appoint" is from c. 1300. Related: Assigned; assigning.
中文词源
前缀as- 同ad-. sign, 记号。
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词根词缀: as-来,临近 + -sign-标记