Where does “assassinat” come from?

assassinat (French) comes from French -ât, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

assassinat (French): assassination; first-degree murder

Definitions

  1. assassination; first-degree murder

Ancestry of “assassinat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ât"A suffix denoting the third-person singular...
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “assassinat

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from French -ât
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