An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A fact or statement (as a proposition, axiom, postulate, or notion) taken for granted.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from L.L. assumption, assumptio “taking up,” from L. assumere, → assume.

Etymology (PE): Âgarb, from â-, nuance prefix, + garb, from Av./O.Pers. grab-, Av. gərəb- “to take, to seize;” cf. Mod.Pers. gereftan “to take; to assume;” Skt. grah-, grabh- “to seize, to take,” graha “seizing, holding, perceiving;” M.L.G. grabben “to grab;” E. grab “to take or grasp suddenly;” PIE *ghrebh- “to seize.”

Ar. farz “assumption, hypothesis.”