Where does “impellingness” come from?
impellingness (English) comes from English impelling, from English impel, from Middle English impellen, from Latin impellō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impellingness (English): Quality of being impelling
Definitions
- Quality of being impelling
Ancestry of “impellingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | impelling | present participle of impel |
| 2 | English | impel | To urge a person; to press on; to incite to... |
| 3 | Middle English | impellen | — |
| 4 | Latin | impellō | — |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |