Where does “impendere” come from?
impendere (Latin) comes from Latin impendeo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impendere (Latin): present active infinitive of impendō;...
Definitions
- present active infinitive of impendō;...
Ancestry of “impendere”, step by step
impendere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin impendeo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | impendeo | I hang over, overhang; I hover over, threaten,... |
| 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 |
via Latin impendo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | impendo | I spend or expend; I devote to |
| 2 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |