Where does “importuner” come from?
importuner (English) comes from English importune, from Middle French importuner, from Latin importunari, from Latin importunus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
importuner (English): One who importunes
Ancestry of “importuner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | importune | To bother, trouble, irritate; To harass with... |
| 2 | Middle French | importuner | to bother |
| 3 | Latin | importunari | to make oneself troublesome |
| 4 | Latin | importunus | inconvenient, unsuitable; annoying; rude |
| 5 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 6 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |