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Where does “asalto” come from?

asalto (Spanish) comes from Italian assalto, from Medieval Latin assaltus, from Latin assaliō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

asalto (Spanish): assault; mugging, robbery; round

Definitions

  1. assault; mugging, robbery; round

Ancestry of “asalto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianassaltoassault, raid, storming; hold up; bout
2Medieval Latinassaltus—
3Latinassaliō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “asalto”

  • asaltar
  • asaltabancos
  • asaltacunas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →