Where does “impiousness” come from?
impiousness (English) comes from English impious, from Latin impius, from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
impiousness (English): Quality of being impious
Ancestry of “impiousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | impious | Not pious; Lacking reverence or respect,... |
| 2 | Latin | impius | disloyal, undutiful; godless, impious,... |
| 3 | Latin | pīus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |