Where does “impaireth” come from?
impaireth (English) comes from English impair, from Middle English impairen, from Old French empoirier, from Vulgar Latin impeioro, from Latin pēior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
impaireth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “impaireth”, step by step
impaireth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impair | To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a... |
| 2 | Middle English | impairen | — |
| 3 | Old French | empoirier | to worsen |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | impeioro | — |
| 5 | Latin | pēior | worse |
| 6 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |