Where does “sayle” come from?
sayle (Middle English) comes from Old French asaillir, from Latin assiliō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
sayle (Middle English): Alternative form of assailen; Alternative form of...
Definitions
- Alternative form of assailen; Alternative form of...
Ancestry of “sayle”, step by step
sayle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French asaillir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | asaillir | to jump on |
| 2 | Latin | assiliō | to spring or leap (to or upon); rush (at) |
| 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 |