Where does “ímpetu” come from?

ímpetu (Catalan) comes from Latin impetus, from Latin impetō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ímpetu (Catalan): impetus

Definitions

  1. impetus

Ancestry of “ímpetu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpetusan attack, assault; a rapid motion; a making for
2Latinimpetōto rush upon, assail, attack
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →