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Where does “impervious” come from?

Impervious comes from Latin impervius, formed from the prefix in- and pervius, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European h₁én meaning "not."

impervious (English): Unaffected or unable to be affected by something;...

Definitions

  1. Unaffected or unable to be affected by something;...

Ancestry of “impervious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimperviusimpassable; impervious
2LatinperviusHaving a passage through; passable, traversable,...
3Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
4LatinAd—
5Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “impervious”

  • imperviousness
  • imperviously
  • impervium
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