Where does “atentado” come from?

atentado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese atentar, from Portuguese Atento, from Latin attentus, from Latin attineo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

atentado (Portuguese): outrage, violent offence

Definitions

  1. outrage, violent offence

Ancestry of “atentado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseatentarto commit or attempt to commit a crime motivated...
2PortugueseAtentoattentive
3Latinattentusdetained, delayed; preserved, guarded; attentive,...
4LatinattineoI bring or hold to or near; I hold fast, keep,...
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én