Where does “impossibile” come from?
impossibile (Interlingua) comes from French impossible, from French in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impossibile (Interlingua): impossible
Definitions
- impossible
Ancestry of “impossibile”, step by step
impossibile traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French impossible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | impossible | impossible |
| 2 | French | in- | in-; un- |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English impossible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impossible | Not possible; not able to be done or happen; Very... |
| 2 | Old French | impossible | — |
| 3 | Latin | impossibĭlis | impossible |
via Italian impossibile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | impossibile | impossible; inconceivable, absurd; unbearable,... |