Where does “impudent” come from?
Impudent comes from Middle French impudent, from Latin impudens meaning not ashamed, composed of Latin in- and Latin in from Proto-Indo-European ne.
impudent (English): Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced
Definitions
- Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced
Ancestry of “impudent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | impudent | shameless, immodest |
| 2 | Latin | impudēns | shameless, without shame, arrogant, impudent |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “impudent”