Where does “unimpugnable” come from?
unimpugnable (English) comes from English impugnable, from English impugn, from Middle French impugner, from Latin impugnō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
unimpugnable (English): That cannot be impugned; beyond reproach or...
Definitions
- That cannot be impugned; beyond reproach or...
Ancestry of “unimpugnable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | impugnable | That can be impugned; open to attack, open to... |
| 2 | English | impugn | To assault, attack; To verbally assault,... |
| 3 | Middle French | impugner | to attack; to impugn |
| 4 | Latin | impugnō | — |
| 5 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |