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Where does “impair” come from?

impair (French) comes from Latin impar, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impair (French): odd

Definitions

  1. odd

Ancestry of “impair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimparunequal; uneven; odd
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impair”

  • impairement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →