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Where does “impieté” come from?

impieté (Old French) comes from Latin impietas, from Latin impius, from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “impieté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpietasirreverence, ungodliness, impiety
2Latinimpiusdisloyal, undutiful; godless, impious,...
3Latinpīus—
4Latin-tās—
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “impieté”

  • impiety
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