Oxford English Dictionary (OED) miwah Wiktionary online nyihnayang sumber basa Latinnyané pinaka asumsi ("accept, to take to self, adopt, usurp"), sané marupa konjungsi ad- ("anggén, nuju, ring") miwah sumere (ngambil).
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and online Wiktionary indicate its Latin source as assumere ("accept, to take to oneself, adopt, usurp"), which is a conjunction of ad- ("to, towards, at") and sumere (to take).