Where does “impolite” come from?

Impolite derives from Latin impolitus, composed of the prefix in- meaning "not" and politus meaning "polished" or "refined," from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂- meaning "to thrust" or "drive."

impolite (English): Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in...

Definitions

  1. Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in...

Ancestry of “impolite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpolitusrough, unpolished
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impolite”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →