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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

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “assaulteth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassaultA violent onset or attack with physical means,...
2Middle Englishassaut—
3Old Frenchassautassault; attack
4Vulgar Latinassaltus—
5Latinassultusan assault
6Latinassiliō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →