Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assignor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: as-sign-or
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The person or party that makes an assignment.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *segnom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *segnāō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign English -or English assignor From assign + -or.

Inflected Forms

assignors (plural)

Phrases

assignor estoppel

Questions

What does assignor mean?: The person or party that makes an assignment.
Where does assignor come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *segnom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *segnāō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign English -or English assignor From assign + -or.

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