Where does “Assaltar” come from?

Assaltar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese salto, from Old Portuguese salto, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

Assaltar (Portuguese): to rob

Definitions

  1. to rob

Ancestry of “Assaltar”, step by step

Assaltar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese salto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesaltojump, leap; heel; waterfall
2Old Portuguesesalto
3LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Portuguese a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseaAlternative spelling of á; feminine singular of...
2LatinAdtoward, to
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Portuguese Ar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseArair
2Old Portugueseaire
3Latinaerair; the lower atmosphere
4Ancient Greekἀήρmist; air; wind
5Ancient Greekauhḗr

Words derived from “Assaltar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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