Where does “insidiate” come from?
insidiate (Latin) comes from Latin insidio, from Latin insidior, from Latin īnsidiae, from Latin īnsideō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
insidiate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present active imperative of...
Ancestry of “insidiate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | insidio | Alternative form of īnsidior |
| 2 | Latin | insidior | I lie in wait, lurk; ambush; I plot |
| 3 | Latin | īnsidiae | ambush |
| 4 | Latin | īnsideō | to sit down, in or upon; to be seated or rest in or upon |
| 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 |