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Where does “assaillir” come from?

assaillir (French) comes from Old French assalir, from Latin assaliō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

assaillir (French): to assail; to assault; to attack

Definitions

  1. to assail; to assault; to attack

Ancestry of “assaillir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchassalirto jump on; to attack; to assault
2Latinassaliō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “assaillir”

  • assaillant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →