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assiento

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
assien-to
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for providing African slaves for the Spanish colonies in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

Etymology

From Spanish asiento (“seat, contract or agreement”), from asentar (“to place on a chair, to adjust, to make an agreement”), from a- + sentar (“a participial verb”), from Latin ad + *sedentare (“to cause to sit”), from sedens, sedentis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

assientos (plural) assientoes (plural) asiento (alternative)

Questions

What does assiento mean?
A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for providing African slaves for the Spanish colonies in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.
Where does assiento come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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