Where does “insulte” come from?

insulte (French) comes from Middle French insult, from Latin insultus, from Latin insilio, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

insulte (French): insult

Definitions

  1. insult

Ancestry of “insulte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchinsult—
2Latininsultusa scoffing, reviling, insult
3LatininsilioI leap upon or in; I bound
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →