myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of insultare

Etymology of the Italian word insultare

the Italian word insultare

derived from the Latin word insultare (insult; behave insultingly, mock; leap, jump, spring)

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Latin word saltare (dance, jump; portray or represent in a dance)

derived from the Latin word saltum

derived from the Latin word salire (leap, jump; move suddenly; salt, salt down, preserve with salt; spurt, discharge, be ejected under force)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sel-

English insult, French insulter, German insultieren, Latin insultare