Assert
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early 17th century: from Latin asserere ‘claim, affirm’, from ad- ‘to’ + serere ‘to join’.
wiktionary
From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asserō(“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad(“to”) + serō(“join, range in a row”).
etymonline
assert (v.)
c. 1600, "declare;" 1640s, "vindicate, maintain, or defend by words or measures," from Latin assertus, past participle of asserere/adserere "to claim, lay claim to, appropriate," from ad "to" (see ad-) + serere "to join together, put in a row" (from PIE root *ser- (2) "to line up"). Related: Asserted; asserting. To assert oneself "stand up for one's rights or authority" is recorded from 1879.
