Where does “impaler” come from?
impaler (English) comes from English impale, from French empaler, from Italian impalare, from Spanish empalar, from Latin impālāre, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos — to attach.
impaler (English): One who impales
Definitions
- One who impales
Ancestry of “impaler”, step by step
impaler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impale | To pierce with any long, pointed object; To... |
| 2 | French | empaler | to impale |
| 3 | Italian | impalare | to impale; to stake, prop up |
| 4 | Spanish | empalar | to impale |
| 5 | Latin | impālāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pālus | swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pākslos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ-slos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |