Where does “unimpair” come from?
unimpair (English) comes from English impair, from Middle English impairen, from Old French empoirier, from Vulgar Latin impeioro, from Latin pēior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
unimpair (English): To restore from an impaired condition
Definitions
- To restore from an impaired condition
Ancestry of “unimpair”, step by step
unimpair traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impair | To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a... |
| 2 | Middle English | impairen | — |
| 3 | Old French | empoirier | to worsen |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | impeioro | — |
| 5 | Latin | pēior | worse |
| 6 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |