Where does “impute” come from?
Impute comes from Old French imputer, from Latin imputō, combining the prefix in- with putō, ultimately traced through Proto-Indo-European roots expressing negation and reckoning.
impute (English): To attribute or ascribe to a cause or source; To...
Definitions
- To attribute or ascribe to a cause or source; To...
Ancestry of “impute”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | imputer | — |
| 2 | Latin | imputo | I reckon, charge, enter into the account; I... |
| 3 | Latin | inpotus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἔμφυτος | inborn, natural; planted; implanted |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐμφύω | to implant, graft; fix firmly, securely, deeply |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |