Where does “impairment” come from?
Impairment comes from Middle English impairment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, a noun-forming suffix derived from Latin -are and -arius, ultimately from Latin in-.
impairment (English): The result of being impaired; A deterioration or...
Definitions
- The result of being impaired; A deterioration or...
Ancestry of “impairment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 6 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
Words derived from “impairment”