Where does “impaleth” come from?
impaleth (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.
impaleth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “impaleth”, step by step
impaleth 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 eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |