Where does “impudentness” come from?
impudentness (English) comes from English impudent, from Middle English impudent, from Latin impudēns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impudentness (English): Quality of being impudent
Definitions
- Quality of being impudent
Ancestry of “impudentness”, step by step
impudentness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impudent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impudent | Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced |
| 2 | Middle English | impudent | shameless, immodest |
| 3 | Latin | impudēns | shameless, without shame, arrogant, impudent |
| 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 |
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 |