Where does “impetuosity” come from?
Impetuosity derives from Middle French impétuosité, meaning violent or forceful quality, describing the characteristic of acting with intense and uncontrollable force.
impetuosity (English): The quality of making rash or arbitrary...
Definitions
- The quality of making rash or arbitrary...
Ancestry of “impetuosity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | impetuous | Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an... |
| 2 | Middle English | impetuous | — |
| 3 | Old French | impetueux | forceful; violent; strong |
| 4 | Late Latin | impetuosus | violent |
| 5 | Latin | impetus | an attack, assault; a rapid motion; a making for |
| 6 | Latin | impetō | — |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |