Where does “assalto” come from?

assalto (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin assaltus, 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.

assalto (Italian): assault, raid, storming; hold up; bout

Definitions

  1. assault, raid, storming; hold up; bout

Ancestry of “assalto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinassaltus—
2Latinassaliōto jump on, attack
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “assalto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →