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Where does “assaltatore” come from?

assaltatore (Italian) comes from Italian assaltare, from Italian assalto, from Medieval Latin assaltus, from Latin assaliō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

assaltatore (Italian): assailant, attacker; assailing, attacking

Definitions

  1. assailant, attacker; assailing, attacking

Ancestry of “assaltatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianassaltareto attack, assault; to hold up
2Italianassaltoassault, raid, storming; hold up; bout
3Medieval Latinassaltus—
4Latinassaliō—
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 →