Where does “cysawd” come from?
cysawd (Welsh) comes from Welsh sawd, from Middle Welsh sawt, from Middle English assaut, from Old French assaut, from Vulgar Latin assaltus, from Latin assultus, from Latin assiliō, from Latin ad- — in.
cysawd (Welsh): system
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Ancestry of “cysawd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | sawd | (military) assault, attack |
| 2 | Middle Welsh | sawt | — |
| 3 | Middle English | assaut | assault |
| 4 | Old French | assaut | assault; attack |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | assaltus | — |
| 6 | Latin | assultus | an assault |
| 7 | Latin | assiliō | to spring or leap (to or upon); rush (at) |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |