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Where does “impraticabilité” come from?

impraticabilité (French) comes from French impraticable, from French praticable, from French pratiquer, from French pratique, from Middle French practique, from Latin prāctica, from Ancient Greek πρακτική, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός — passed , crossed.

impraticabilité (French): impracticability

Definitions

  1. impracticability

Ancestry of “impraticabilité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimpraticableimpracticable, unfeasible; impracticable,...
2Frenchpraticablepracticable, feasible; practicable, usable
3Frenchpratiquerto do; to practise
4Frenchpratiqueapplied; concerning action or intervention of...
5Middle Frenchpractique—
6Latinprāctica—
7Ancient Greekπρακτικήpractice, experience
8Ancient GreekπρακτικόςOf, pertaining to, or appropriate for action; Fit...
9Ancient GreekπράσσωI do, practice
10Proto-Hellenicprā́ťťō—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥h₂-k-yé-ti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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