Where does “impact” come from?

impact (French) comes from Latin impāctus, from Latin impingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impact (French): impact

Definitions

impact

Ancestry of “impact”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	impāctus	illision, collision, hit
2	Latin	impingo	I push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force...
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “impact”

impact

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →