Where does “impregnable” come from?
Impregnable comes from Middle French imprégnable, from Latin impregnabilis, combining the prefix im- with pregnabilis meaning "capable of being taken or seized."
impregnable (English): Too strong to be penetrated; Capable of being...
Definitions
- Too strong to be penetrated; Capable of being...
Ancestry of “impregnable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impregnate | To cause to become pregnant; To fertilize; To... |
| 2 | Latin | impraegnatus | made pregnant |
| 3 | Latin | impraegno | I impregnate; I make pregnant |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |