Where does “impetigo” come from?
Impetigo comes from Latin impetigo, derived from Latin impetere meaning to attack or assail, from Latin peto meaning to seek or move toward.
impetigo (English): A contagious bacterial skin disease forming...
Definitions
- A contagious bacterial skin disease forming...
Ancestry of “impetigo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | impetīgo | — |
| 2 | Latin | impetō | — |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |