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Where does “assassinat” come from?

assassinat (French) comes from French -ât, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

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-ātus—
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →