Where does “assaultiveness” come from?
assaultiveness (English) comes from English assaultive, from English assault, from Middle English assaut, from Old French assaut, from Vulgar Latin assaltus, from Latin assultus, from Latin assiliō, from Latin ad- — in.
assaultiveness (English): Quality of being assaultive
Definitions
- Quality of being assaultive
Ancestry of “assaultiveness”, step by step
assaultiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assaultive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assaultive | Confrontational; tending or seeming to assault;... |
| 2 | English | assault | A violent onset or attack with physical means,... |
| 3 | Middle English | assaut | assault |
| 4 | Old French | assaut | assault; attack |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | assaltus | — |
| 6 | Latin | assultus | an assault |
| 7 | Latin | assiliō | to spring or leap (to or upon); rush (at) |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |