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Where does “impugnar” come from?

impugnar (Spanish) comes from Latin impugnō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impugnar (Spanish): to contest

Definitions

  1. to contest

Ancestry of “impugnar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpugnō—
2Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →