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Where does “impatto” come from?

impatto (Italian) comes from Latin impāctum, from Latin impingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impatto (Italian): impact; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. impact; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “impatto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpāctum—
2LatinimpingoI push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impatto”

  • impattivo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →