Where does “empio” come from?

empio (Italian) comes from Italian empire, from Vulgar Latin *implīre~*implĕre, from Latin impleo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

empio (Italian): impious, profane; cruel; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. impious, profane; cruel; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “empio”, step by step

empio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian empire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianempireto fill, to overflow
2Vulgar Latin*implīre~*implĕre
3LatinimpleoI fill up, fill full; cover; I satisfy, satiate;...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Latin impius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpiusdisloyal, undutiful; godless, impious,...
2Latinpīus
3Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “empio

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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