Where does “impesta” come from?

impesta (Romanian) comes from Italian impestare, from Italian im-, from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impesta (Romanian): to infect

Definitions

to infect

Ancestry of “impesta”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	impestare	to infect especially with syphilis or other STD
2	Italian	im-	Alternative form of in-; into, in
3	Italian	in-	un-; in-; a-
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

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →