preassigned

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Middle English pre-

English pre-

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 assigned

English preassigned

From pre- + assigned.

Adjective

preassigned (not comparable)

1. assigned or allotted in advance.

   On the first day of school, the students went to their preassigned rooms.