Where does “impfen” come from?
impfen (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impfen (German): to inoculate; to vaccinate
Definitions
- to inoculate; to vaccinate
Ancestry of “impfen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | impfōn | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | impōn | to graft |
| 3 | Latin | imputō | — |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “impfen”