Etymograph

English

reassertion

From re- + assertion.

A compound of re- + assertion

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to flow’

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Proto-Italic *adserō ‘to join to oneself’

Latin asserō ‘to join someone or something to oneself’

Latin assertiō

Middle English assercioun

English assertion

Today it means

noun the act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reassertion”. 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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