Where does “impugner” come from?

impugner (Middle French) comes from Latin impugnō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impugner (Middle French): to attack; to impugn

Definitions

  1. to attack; to impugn

Ancestry of “impugner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpugnōto attack, fight against
2Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impugner

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