Where does “importuner” come from?
importuner (Middle French) comes from Latin importunari, from Latin importunus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
importuner (Middle French): to bother
Definitions
- to bother
Ancestry of “importuner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | importunari | to make oneself troublesome |
| 2 | Latin | importunus | inconvenient, unsuitable; annoying; rude |
| 3 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 4 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |