Etymology of the French word assemblée
the French word
assembléederived from the Old French word
assemblerderived from the Vulgar Latin word
assimulare (make like; compare; counterfeit)
derived from the Latin word
ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)
derived from the Classical Latin word
simulare (imitate, copy; pretend)
derived from the Late Latin word
similis (like, similar, resembling)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sem-derived from the Latin word
simulderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sem-Date
The earliest known usage of assemblée in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in other languages
Italian
assemblea, Spanish
asambleaCognates
English
assembly, Italian
assemblea, Lithuanian
asambleja
