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Where does “impie” come from?

impie (French) comes from Latin impius, from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

impie (French): impious, ungodly, unholy

Definitions

  1. impious, ungodly, unholy

Ancestry of “impie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpiusdisloyal, undutiful; godless, impious,...
2Latinpīus—
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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