Where does “assassinate” come from?
assassinate (Italian) comes from Italian assassinato, from Portuguese Ato, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
assassinate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “assassinate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | assassinato | past participle of assassinare |
| 2 | Portuguese | Ato | — |
| 3 | Latin | āctus | — |
| 4 | Latin | agō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |