Where does “impartially” come from?
Impartially comes from Middle French impartial, derived from Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz and galīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
impartially (English): In an impartial manner; fairly
Definitions
- In an impartial manner; fairly
Ancestry of “impartially”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | impartial | treating all parties, rivals, or disputants... |
| 2 | French | impartial | impartial |
| 3 | French | im- | a form of the prefix in-, used before "b", "m"... |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |