{"era":"current","word":"assailant","meaning":"a person who attacks someone violently or aggressively","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"assaillant","meaning":"assailing; attacking","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"assaillir","meaning":"to assail, attack","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"assalīre","meaning":"to assail, leap upon","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"ad + salīre","meaning":"to leap toward","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"salīre","meaning":"to leap","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Late Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Modern English"}