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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

  1. impressive, striking; shocking, stunning

Ancestry of “impactant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanimpactarto impact, to crash into; to affect, to impact
2Catalanimpacteimpact
3Latinimpāctus—
4LatinimpingoI push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →