Where does “imstande” come from?

imstande (German) comes from German im — in the.

imstande (German): capable

Definitions

  1. capable

Ancestry of “imstande”, step by step

imstande traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German im

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanimin the

via German stand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstandfirst/third-person singular preterite of stehen

Words derived from “imstande

Every word from German im