Where does “impulseless” come from?
impulseless (English) comes from English impulse, from Middle French impulser, from Latin impulsus, from Latin impellō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impulseless (English): Devoid of impulses
Definitions
- Devoid of impulses
Ancestry of “impulseless”, step by step
impulseless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impulse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impulse | A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels; A... |
| 2 | Middle French | impulser | — |
| 3 | Latin | impulsus | pushed, driven, assailed, having been pushed or... |
| 4 | Latin | impellō | to push, drive or strike against something; assail |
| 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 |