Where does “Impfgegner” come from?
Impfgegner (German) comes from German impfen, from Old High German impfōn, from Proto-West Germanic impōn, from Latin imputō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
Impfgegner (German): anti-vaxxer
Definitions
- anti-vaxxer
Ancestry of “Impfgegner”, step by step
Impfgegner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German impfen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | impfen | to inoculate; to vaccinate |
| 2 | Old High German | impfōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | impōn | to graft |
| 4 | Latin | imputō | to reckon, charge, enter into the account |
| 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 |