Where does “impestare” come from?

impestare (Italian) comes 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.

impestare (Italian): to infect especially with syphilis or other STD

Definitions

  1. to infect especially with syphilis or other STD

Ancestry of “impestare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “impestare

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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