Where does “impetueux” come from?

impetueux (Old French) comes from Late Latin impetuosus, from Latin impetus, from Latin impetō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impetueux (Old French): forceful; violent; strong

Definitions

  1. forceful; violent; strong

Ancestry of “impetueux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinimpetuosusviolent
2Latinimpetusan attack, assault; a rapid motion; a making for
3Latinimpetōto rush upon, assail, attack
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impetueux”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →