Where does “impetus” come from?
impetus (Latin) comes from Latin impetō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impetus (Latin): an attack, assault; a rapid motion; a making for
Definitions
- an attack, assault; a rapid motion; a making for
Ancestry of “impetus”, step by step
impetus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin impetō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | impetō | to rush upon, assail, attack |
| 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 impetere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | impetere | present active infinitive of impetō;... |
| 2 | Latin | petere | present active infinitive of petō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | peto | I ask, beg, request; I make for; I seek, aim at,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂eti | to fly |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |
Words derived from “impetus”