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Where does “assetjar” come from?

assetjar (Catalan) comes from Catalan a-, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

assetjar (Catalan): to besiege; to harass

Definitions

  1. to besiege; to harass

Ancestry of “assetjar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalana-a-; Used to make verbs from adjectives and nouns
2LatinAd—
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “assetjar”

  • assetjament
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