Where does “impulsif” come from?
impulsif (Middle French) comes from Latin impulsivus, from Latin impulsus, from Latin impellō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “impulsif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | impulsivus | impulsive |
| 2 | Latin | impulsus | pushed, driven, assailed, having been pushed or... |
| 3 | Latin | impellō | to push, drive or strike against something; assail |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |