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Where does “atentado” come from?

atentado (Spanish) comes from Spanish atentar, 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.

atentado (Spanish): moderate, prudent; violent attack, bombing;...

Definitions

  1. moderate, prudent; violent attack, bombing;...

Ancestry of “atentado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishatentarto commit a violent or criminal attack, to...
2LatinattentoI strive after, attempt, try, assay, solicit; I...
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →