Where does “impinge” come from?

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

impinge (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “impinge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianimpingereto push; to impel, to drive
2LatinimpingoI push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →