Where does “impest” come from?
impest (English) comes from English Pest, from Hungarian Pest, from Old Church Slavonic пещь, from Proto-Slavic peťь, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-.
impest (English): To afflict with pestilence
Definitions
- To afflict with pestilence
Ancestry of “impest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Pest | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | Pest | — |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | пещь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | peťь | oven |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | peťi | to bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektei | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |