assignor

English

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.

Noun

assignor (plural assignors)

1. (law) The person or party that makes an assignment.

Derived terms

• assignor estoppel

Translations

maker of an assignment

• Dutch: cedent (nl) c
• French: cédant (fr) m
• German: Zedent (de) m, Abtretende m
• Italian: cedente (it) m
• Māori: kaituku
• Polish: zbywającego, cedenta
• Spanish: cedente (es) m
• Swedish: tillsättare c
• Welsh: aseiniwr m

Anagrams

• soarings, signoras, garisons

Latin

Verb

assignor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of assignō