Where does “impetigo” come from?

impetigo (Portuguese) comes from Latin impetīgo, from Latin impetō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impetigo (Portuguese): impetigo contagious bacterial skin disease

Definitions

  1. impetigo contagious bacterial skin disease

Ancestry of “impetigo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpetīgoimpetigo
2Latinimpetōto rush upon, assail, attack
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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