Where does “impensabile” come from?
impensabile (Italian) comes from Italian pensabile, from Italian pensare, from Latin pēnsāre, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
impensabile (Italian): unthinkable, unimaginable
Definitions
- unthinkable, unimaginable
Ancestry of “impensabile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | pensabile | thinkable, imaginable, conceivable |
| 2 | Italian | pensare | to think; to think about someone; to realize |
| 3 | Latin | pēnsāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
Words derived from “impensabile”