Where does “assaultee” come from?

assaultee (English) comes from English assault, from Middle English assaut, from Old French assaut, from Vulgar Latin assaltus, from Latin assultus, from Latin assiliō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

assaultee (English): One who is assaulted; the victim of an assault

Definitions

  1. One who is assaulted; the victim of an assault

Ancestry of “assaultee”, step by step

assaultee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English assault

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassaultA violent onset or attack with physical means,...
2Middle Englishassautassault
3Old Frenchassautassault; attack
4Vulgar Latinassaltus
5Latinassultusan assault
6Latinassiliōto spring or leap (to or upon); rush (at)
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én