Where does “assailen” come from?
assailen (Middle English) comes from Old French assalir, from Latin assaliō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
assailen (Middle English): To assail or assault; to loot or attack; To begin...
Definitions
- To assail or assault; to loot or attack; To begin...
Ancestry of “assailen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | assalir | to jump on; to attack; to assault |
| 2 | Latin | assaliō | to jump on, attack |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |