Where does “impasto” come from?

impasto (Italian) comes from Italian impastare, from Italian im-, from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impasto (Italian): mixture, dough, kneading, crumb; impasto;...

Definitions

  1. mixture, dough, kneading, crumb; impasto;...

Ancestry of “impasto”, step by step

impasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian impastare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianimpastareto knead; to mix; to dough
2Italianim-Alternative form of in-; into, in
3Italianin-un-; in-; a-
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Latin impastus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpastusunfed, hungry
2Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “impasto

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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