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Where does “assequi” come from?

assequi (Latin) comes from Latin assequor, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

assequi (Latin): present active infinitive of assequor; to obtain

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of assequor; to obtain

Ancestry of “assequi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinassequorI follow someone in order to come up to him;...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “assequi”

  • assecution
  • assécution
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