331: insult and exult Nov 4, 2015

'Insult' came to English in the mid 16th century meaning ‘exult, act arrogantly’: from the Latin 'insultare', meaning ‘jump or trample on,’ ultimately from 'salire' which means ‘to leap’, much like the French 'saut', Spanish 'saltar' and Italian 'saltare'. 'Exult' has a similar origin, except in this case, the preposition 'ex' meaning 'out' was added to 'salire'.