Where does “impedance” come from?
Impedance comes from English impede, from Latin impedire meaning to hinder by entangling the feet, from Latin pes foot and Latin in- prefix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ped- foot.
impedance (English): The act of impeding; that which impedes; a...
Definitions
- The act of impeding; that which impedes; a...
Ancestry of “impedance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impede | To get in the way of; to hinder |
| 2 | Latin | impedio | I hinder, impede, obstruct, hamper, thwart; I... |
| 3 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |