Where does “impassively” come from?
Impassively derives from English impassive, from Latin impassivus combining the prefix im- (not) with passivus (capable of suffering), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning not and together.
impassively (English): In an impassive manner
Definitions
- In an impassive manner
Ancestry of “impassively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impassive | Having, or revealing, no emotion; Still or... |
| 2 | English | im- | Expressing negation; not; Alternative form of the... |
| 3 | English | in- | in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with... |
| 4 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 5 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 6 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |