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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

  1. To attribute or ascribe to a cause or source; To...

Ancestry of “impute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchimputer—
2LatinimputoI reckon, charge, enter into the account; I...
3Latininpotus—
4Ancient Greekἔμφυτοςinborn, natural; planted; implanted
5Ancient Greekἐμφύω—
6Ancient GreekφύωTo bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;...
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHyétito be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “impute”

  • imputable
  • imputability
  • imputeth
  • imputative
  • imputer
  • imputatively
  • imputest
  • imputably
  • unimputable
  • imputableness
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