Etymology of the French word assembler
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 assembler in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
assemblage,
assemblé,
assembleur,
désassembler,
assemblée,
assemblement,
rassembler,
assemblableDerivations in other languages
English
assemble, Italian
assemblare, Italian
assembrare, Romanian
asamblaCognates
Italian
assemblare, Provençal
assemblar, Spanish
asemblarUsage
Word found in Old French