Where does “impregnableness” come from?
impregnableness (English) comes from English impregnable, from English impregnate, from Latin impraegnatus, from Latin impraegno, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impregnableness (English): The state of being impregnable; impregnability
Definitions
- The state of being impregnable; impregnability
Ancestry of “impregnableness”, step by step
impregnableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impregnable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impregnable | Too strong to be penetrated; Capable of being... |
| 2 | English | impregnate | To cause to become pregnant; To fertilize; To... |
| 3 | Latin | impraegnatus | made pregnant |
| 4 | Latin | impraegno | I impregnate; I make pregnant |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |