Where does “contrassalto” come from?
contrassalto (Italian) comes from Italian assalto, from Medieval Latin assaltus, from Latin assaliō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
contrassalto (Italian): counterassault
Definitions
- counterassault
Ancestry of “contrassalto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | assalto | assault, raid, storming; hold up; bout |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | assaltus | — |
| 3 | Latin | assaliō | to jump on, attack |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |