myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of assumere

Etymology of the Latin word assumere

the Latin word assumere

using the Latin prefix ad- (to, in addition)

derived from the Latin word ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)

derived from the Latin word sumere (accept; begin; suppose; take up; begin; suppose)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *em-

English assume, Portuguese assumir, Spanish asumir