English
impact
Impact comes from Latin impāctus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpāctus
- Englishearliest quotation 2014impact
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpāctus
- Englishearliest quotation 2014impact
Earliest quotation: 2014, Mike Williams, Microbullet hits confirm graphene’s strength: “As a microbullet impacts the graphene, the diameter of…”
The story
Attested since the 17th century, from Latin impāctus.
Every English word from Latin impāctus
Today it means
noun The striking of one body against another; collision.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin impāctus / impact