Where does “impossible” come from?

Impossible comes from Old French impossible, from Latin impossibilis, composed of the Latin prefix in- (from Proto-Indo-European ne, meaning "not") and Latin possibilis, meaning "not able to be done."

impossible (English): Not possible; not able to be done or happen; Very...

Definitions

  1. Not possible; not able to be done or happen; Very...

Ancestry of “impossible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchimpossible—
2Latinimpossibĭlisimpossible

Words derived from “impossible”

Every word from Latin impossibĭlis →Every word from Old French impossible →