Where does “impregnar” come from?
impregnar (Ido) comes from German imprägnieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
impregnar (Ido): to impregnate; to saturate
Definitions
- to impregnate; to saturate
Ancestry of “impregnar”, step by step
impregnar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German imprägnieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | imprägnieren | to waterproof, to impregnate |
| 2 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English impregnate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impregnate | To cause to become pregnant; To fertilize; To... |
| 2 | Latin | impraegnatus | made pregnant |
| 3 | Latin | impraegno | I impregnate; I make pregnant |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Italian impregnare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | impregnare | to soak, impregnate, saturate; to impregnate,... |