The story
- Latin · derived fromad“to, towards”
- Late Latin · derived fromassalīre
- Old French · derived fromassaillant
- English todayassailant
From Old French assaillant, from the verb assaillir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“to, towards”) + salīre (“to jump”). Equivalent to assail + -ant.
Words from the same roots
Late Latinassalīre all →
assaultassail
Latinad all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.