Where does “attentat” come from?
attentat (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin attentatum, from Latin attento, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
attentat (Norwegian Bokmål): an assassination, or attempted assassination; an...
Definitions
- an assassination, or attempted assassination; an...
Ancestry of “attentat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | attentatum | accusative supine of attentō |
| 2 | Latin | attento | I strive after, attempt, try, assay, solicit; I... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “attentat”