Where does “impinge” come from?
impinge (Latin) comes from Latin impingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impinge (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...
Definitions
- second-person singular present active imperative...
Ancestry of “impinge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | impingo | I push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force... |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |