Where does “impact play” come from?
impact play (English) comes from English impact, from Latin impāctus, from Latin impingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impact play (English): The practice of striking another person, either with the hand(s) or with an instrument, for the (usually sexual) pleasure of one or both parties
Definitions
- The practice of striking another person, either with the hand(s) or with an instrument, for the (usually sexual) pleasure of one or both parties
Ancestry of “impact play”, step by step
impact play traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impact
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impact | The striking of one body against another;... |
| 2 | Latin | impāctus | illision, collision, hit |
| 3 | Latin | impingo | I push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English play
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | play | To act in a manner such that one has fun; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | pleye | Happiness, mirth, jolliness, or gaiety; Fun,... |
| 3 | Old English | pleġa | exercise |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | plegō | care; an exercise; a game |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ō | Creates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ô | -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |