Where does “assailment” come from?
assailment (English) comes from English assail, from Middle English assailen, from Old French assalir, from Latin assaliō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
assailment (English): The act of assailing
Definitions
- The act of assailing
Ancestry of “assailment”, step by step
assailment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assail | To attack with harsh words or violent force |
| 2 | Middle English | assailen | To assail or assault; to loot or attack; To begin... |
| 3 | Old French | assalir | to jump on; to attack; to assault |
| 4 | Latin | assaliō | to jump on, attack |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |