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Where does “assibilate” come from?

assibilate (English) comes from Latin assibilatus, from Latin assibilo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

assibilate (English): To change into or pronounce with the...

Definitions

  1. To change into or pronounce with the...

Ancestry of “assibilate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinassibilatusmurmured, whispered at, hissed
2LatinassibiloI hiss, murmur or whisper to, at or upon
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →