Where does “impunity” come from?
Impunity comes from Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitas, from Latin impunis meaning unpunished.
impunity (English): Exemption from punishment; Freedom from...
Definitions
- Exemption from punishment; Freedom from...
Ancestry of “impunity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | impunité | — |
| 2 | Latin | impunitas | impunity |
| 3 | Latin | impunis | unpunished |
| 4 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 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 |