assalio

Latin

Alternative forms

  • adsaliō

Etymology

From ad- + saliō, replacing the Classical equivalent assiliō (the latter showing historical reduction of unstressed /a/). Attested from the time of the Lex Salica onwards.[1]

Verb

assaliō (present infinitive assalīre, perfect active assalīvī, supine assaltum); fourth conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. to jump on, attack

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: assalire
  • Western Romance: (with freq. extension of /ʎ/ from the 1SG form)

References

  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*assalīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 504
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