Etymology

anslaight

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Middle English sleight ← Middle Dutch aenslag
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The story

  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromaenslag
  2. Middle English · derived fromsleight
  3. English todayanslaight

From an- + slaight, probably from Middle English sleight, from Middle Dutch aenslag, aenslach, equivalent to on- + slaught.

Words from the same roots

Middle Dutchaenslag all →

onslaught

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.