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Where does “attentaatti” come from?

attentaatti (Finnish) comes from French attentat, from French attenter, from Latin attentare, from Latin attento, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

attentaatti (Finnish): assault, especially a politically motivated...

Definitions

  1. assault, especially a politically motivated...

Ancestry of “attentaatti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchattentatattack, assault
2Frenchattenterto assault
3Latinattentarepresent active infinitive of attentō;...
4LatinattentoI strive after, attempt, try, assay, solicit; I...
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →