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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | impudent | Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced |
| 2 | Middle English | impudent | — |
| 3 | Latin | impudēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |