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Where does “impossibile” come from?

impossibile (Latin) comes from Latin impossibilis, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impossibile (Latin): nominative neuter singular of impossibilis;...

Definitions

  1. nominative neuter singular of impossibilis;...

Ancestry of “impossibile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpossibilisimpossible
2Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
3Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4Old Latinenin
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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