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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

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “impinge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinimpingoI push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →