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Where does “imposture” come from?
imposture (Middle French) comes from Late Latin impostūra, from Latin impostus.
Ancestry of “imposture”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Late Latin
impostūra
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2
Latin
impostus
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Words derived from “imposture”
imposture
imposturous
impostured
imposturage
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