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English word assault comes from Latin salio, Latin ad ((direction) toward, to, on, up to, for.)
salio (Latin)
(of male animals) I mount for copulation.. I leap, jump, bound.. I spring forth, flow down.
ad (Latin)
(direction) toward, to, on, up to, for.
assilire (Latin)
assalio (Latin)
asaillir (Old French)
(transitive) to jump on.
asault (Old French)
assault (English)
(criminal, _, legal) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.. (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.. (singulare tantum, legal) The crime whose action is such an attempt.. [...]