Where does “impishness” come from?
impishness (English) comes from English impish, from English imp, from Middle English impen, from Old English impian, from Proto-West Germanic impōn, from Latin imputō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
impishness (English): The state or quality of being impish;...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being impish;...
Ancestry of “impishness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impish | mischievous; of or befitting an imp |
| 2 | English | imp | A small, mischievous sprite, or a malevolent... |
| 3 | Middle English | impen | Alternative form of ympen |
| 4 | Old English | impian | to graft |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | impōn | to graft |
| 6 | Latin | imputō | to reckon, charge, enter into the account |
| 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 |