Where does “impeachment” come from?
Impeachment comes from Middle English empechement, from Middle English empechen, from Old French -ment and Old French empecher, from Latin impedicare, from Latin in- and Latin pes meaning foot.
impeachment (English): The act of calling into question or challenging...
Definitions
- The act of calling into question or challenging...
Ancestry of “impeachment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | empechement | hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction;... |
| 2 | Middle English | empechen | To hinder; to impede; To formally accuse |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | empecher | — |
| 4 | Old French | empeechier | to fetter; to hinder |
| 5 | Latin | impedico | I fetter; I entangle |
| 6 | Latin | pēdica | — |
| 7 | Latin | pēs | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
Words derived from “impeachment”