Where does “impetuously” come from?
Impetuously derives from Middle English -ly added to Old French impetueux, from Latin impetus meaning "attack" or "force," with the adverbial suffix ultimately from Proto-Germanic -līkaz.
impetuously (English): In an impetuous manner; with sudden force
Definitions
- In an impetuous manner; with sudden force
Ancestry of “impetuously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to rush upon, assail, attack |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |