Where does “impensabilmente” come from?
impensabilmente (Italian) comes from Italian impensabile, 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 — to stretch.
impensabilmente (Italian): unthinkably
Definitions
- unthinkably
Ancestry of “impensabilmente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | impensabile | unthinkable, unimaginable |
| 2 | Italian | pensabile | thinkable, imaginable, conceivable |
| 3 | Italian | pensare | to think; to think about someone; to realize |
| 4 | Latin | pēnsāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |