Where does “impugnable” come from?
impugnable (English) comes from English impugn, from Middle French impugner, from Latin impugnō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impugnable (English): That can be impugned; open to attack, open to...
Definitions
- That can be impugned; open to attack, open to...
Ancestry of “impugnable”, step by step
impugnable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impugn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impugn | To assault, attack; To verbally assault,... |
| 2 | Middle French | impugner | to attack; to impugn |
| 3 | Latin | impugnō | to attack, fight against |
| 4 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 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 able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |