Where does “impoverishment” come from?

Impoverishment comes from Old French empoverissement, derived from Old French empoverir with the prefix Old French en-, ultimately from Latin in- and Latin in, which trace to Proto-Indo-European ne and Proto-Indo-European h₁én.

impoverishment (English): The action of impoverishing someone; The state of...

Definitions

  1. The action of impoverishing someone; The state of...

Ancestry of “impoverishment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchempoverissement—
2Old Frenchempoverir—
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →