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      assailment
      Roots
      ad-as- · Latin · to, at, uponsaliresail- · Latin · to leap, jump-mentum-ment · Latin · act or result of
      Words related to assailment
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      Where does assailment come from?

      The word assailment breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: as-, from Latin ad- (“to, at, upon”); sail, from Latin salire (“to leap, jump”); and -ment, from Latin -mentum (“act or result of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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