Where does “imperviously” come from?
imperviously (English) comes from English impervious, from Latin impervius, from Latin pervius, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
imperviously (English): In an impervious manner; impenetrably;...
Definitions
- In an impervious manner; impenetrably;...
Ancestry of “imperviously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impervious | Unaffected or unable to be affected by something;... |
| 2 | Latin | impervius | impassable; impervious |
| 3 | Latin | pervius | Having a passage through; passable, traversable,... |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |