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Where does “impendens” come from?

impendens (Latin) comes from Latin impendeo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impendens (Latin): threatening

Definitions

  1. threatening

Ancestry of “impendens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinimpendeoI hang over, overhang; I hover over, threaten,...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impendens”

  • impendent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →