Where does “impartial” come from?
Impartial comes from Middle French impartial, meaning not taking sides in a dispute or conflict.
impartial (English): treating all parties, rivals, or disputants...
Definitions
- treating all parties, rivals, or disputants...
Ancestry of “impartial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | impartial | impartial |
| 2 | French | im- | a form of the prefix in-, used before "b", "m"... |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “impartial”