Where does “impétueux” come from?
impétueux (French) comes from Old French impetueus, from Latin impetuōsus, from Latin impetus, from Latin impetō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impétueux (French): forceful, violent, strong; impetuous
Definitions
- forceful, violent, strong; impetuous
Ancestry of “impétueux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | impetueus | — |
| 2 | Latin | impetuōsus | impetuous, violent |
| 3 | Latin | impetus | an attack, assault; a rapid motion; a making for |
| 4 | Latin | impetō | to rush upon, assail, attack |
| 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 |