Where does “asaltacunas” come from?
asaltacunas (Spanish) comes from Spanish asaltar, from Spanish asalto, from Italian assalto, from Medieval Latin assaltus, from Latin assaliō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
asaltacunas (Spanish): cradle snatcher, cradle robber
Definitions
- cradle snatcher, cradle robber
Ancestry of “asaltacunas”, step by step
asaltacunas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish asaltar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | asaltar | to assault, to assail, to attack; to storm; to... |
| 2 | Spanish | asalto | assault; mugging, robbery; round |
| 3 | Italian | assalto | assault, raid, storming; hold up; bout |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | assaltus | — |
| 5 | Latin | assaliō | to jump on, attack |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |