Where does “impāctus” come from?
impāctus (Latin) comes from Latin impingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impāctus (Latin): illision, collision, hit
Ancestry of “impāctus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | impingo | I push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force... |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “impāctus”