Where does “insulto” come from?

insulto (Italian) comes 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.

insulto (Italian): insult, abuse, slur; insult; first-person...

Definitions

  1. insult, abuse, slur; insult; first-person...

Ancestry of “insulto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininsultusa scoffing, reviling, insult
2LatininsilioI leap upon or in; I bound
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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