assignment的词源

英文词源

assignment (n.)

late 14c., "order, request, directive," from Old French assignement "(legal) assignment (of dower, etc.)," from Late Latin assignamentum, noun of action from Latin assignare (see assign). Meaning "appointment to office" is mid-15c.; that of "a task assigned" (to someone) is from c. 1848.

中文词源

assignment：分配，委派；任务，课外作业 

词根词缀： as-来,临近 + -sign-标记 + -ment名词词尾

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