'pre-assessment' originates from the prefix 'pre-' meaning 'before' and the word 'assessment' which comes from Latin 'assessus', meaning 'to sit beside'.

'Assessment' evolved from the Latin word 'assessus', through Old French 'assesser', and eventually became the modern English word 'assessment'.

Initially, 'assessment' meant 'to sit beside' in a judicial context, but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'evaluation or estimation'.