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

  1. A contagious bacterial skin disease forming...

Ancestry of “impetigo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpetīgoimpetigo
2Latinimpetōto rush upon, assail, attack
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →