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assero.

to sow, plant or set near something

6 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈas.sɛ.roː]Classical-Latin[ˈas.se.ro]
  1. to sow, plant or set near something

    conjugation-3 · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sísh₁eti Proto-Italic *sizō Latin serō Latin asserō From ad- + serō (“sow, plant”).

verb[ˈas.sɛ.roː]Classical-Latin[ˈas.se.ro]
  1. to join someone or something to oneself

    conjugation-3
  2. to declare someone to be free by laying hands upon him; set free, liberate

    conjugation-3 · often
  3. to declare someone to be a slave by laying hands upon him; claim as a slave

    conjugation-3 · often
  4. to free from, protect, preserve, defend, defend against

    conjugation-3
  5. to declare something to be one's own possession, arrogate, claim

    conjugation-3
  6. to maintain, affirm, allege, assert, declare

    conjugation-3
Where this word comes from

From ad- + serō (“join or bind together”). Given Oscan aserum (“to seize”, inf.), one can reconstruct Proto-Italic *adserō.

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