Where does “unassaultable” come from?
unassaultable (English) comes from English assaultable, 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.
unassaultable (English): Not assaultable
Definitions
- Not assaultable
Ancestry of “unassaultable”, step by step
unassaultable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assaultable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assaultable | Capable of being assaulted |
| 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |