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Where does “impellen” come from?

impellen (Middle English) comes from Latin impellō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “impellen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpellō—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impellen”

  • impel
  • impelling
  • impeller
  • impelleth
  • impellingness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →