Where does “impound” come from?
Impound comes from Middle English in- prefixed to pound, ultimately from Latin in- and pendere, meaning to weigh or hang.
impound (English): to shut up or place in an enclosure called a...
Definitions
- to shut up or place in an enclosure called a...
Ancestry of “impound”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pound | both named after Thaddeus C. Pound |
| 2 | Middle English | pound | A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower... |
| 3 | Old English | pund | pound |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *pund | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 6 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |