Etymograph

English

assets

Assets comes from Old French asez ‘enough’, and goes back to Early Medieval Latin ad satis.

  1. Early Medieval Latinmodernad satis1
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400asez1‘enough’
  3. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400asetz1
  4. Englishtodayassets1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English assets

Lineage

  1. Early Medieval Latinmodernad satisWiktionary, English assets
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400asezWiktionary, English assets‘enough’
  3. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400asetzWiktionary, English assets
  4. EnglishtodayassetsWiktionary, English assets

Every English word from Early Medieval Latin ad satis

Another origin of assets

  1. Early Medieval Latinmodernad satis
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400asez‘enough’
  3. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400asetz
  4. Englishtodayassets

Originally singular, with the meaning "enough to meet liabilities"; later reanalyzed as a plural form.

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “assets”. 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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