Where does “impregnate” come from?

Impregnate comes from Middle French imprégner, from Old French enpreignier, meaning to saturate or permeate thoroughly.

impregnate (English): To cause to become pregnant; To fertilize; To...

Definitions

  1. To cause to become pregnant; To fertilize; To...

Ancestry of “impregnate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpraegnatusmade pregnant
2LatinimpraegnoI impregnate; I make pregnant
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impregnate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →