Etymograph

English

assembly

Assembly comes from Middle English assemblee, and goes back to Anglo-Norman asemblee.

  1. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400asemblee1
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500assemblee1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1732assembly1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English assembly
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1732, George Reynolds, A diſſertation: or: “In a word, they were made uſe of by…”.

Lineage

  1. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400asembleeWiktionary, English assembly
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500assembleeWiktionary, English assembly
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1732assemblyWiktionary, English assembly. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1732, George Reynolds, A diſſertation: or: “In a word, they were made uſe of by…”

Every English word from Anglo-Norman asemblee

Today it means

noun A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “assembly”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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