Where does “impactant” come from?
impactant (Catalan) comes from Catalan impactar, from Catalan impacte, from Latin impāctus, from Latin impingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impactant (Catalan): impressive, striking; shocking, stunning
Definitions
- impressive, striking; shocking, stunning
Ancestry of “impactant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | impactar | to impact, to crash into; to affect, to impact |
| 2 | Catalan | impacte | impact |
| 3 | Latin | impāctus | illision, collision, hit |
| 4 | Latin | impingo | I push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |