Where does “assaulteth” come from?
assaulteth (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.
assaulteth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “assaulteth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | assault | A violent onset or attack with physical means,... |
| 2 | Middle English | assaut | — |
| 3 | Old French | assaut | assault; attack |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | assaltus | — |
| 5 | Latin | assultus | an assault |
| 6 | Latin | assiliō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |