English
impactor
Impactor comes from New Latin impāctor, from impingō ‘to force, drive, thrust, push towards a…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fix, fasten’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to attach, fix, fasten’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pangō‘to fasten, fix’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpangō‘fasten, drive in’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900impingō‘to force, drive, thrust, push towards a location by force’
- New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900impāctor
- Englishearliest quotation 2021impactor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to attach, fix, fasten’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pangō‘to fasten, fix’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpangō‘fasten, drive in’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900impingō‘to force, drive, thrust, push towards a location by force’
- New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900impāctor
- Englishearliest quotation 2021impactor
Earliest quotation: 2021, Becky Ferreira, Where Did the Dinosaur-Killing Impactor Come From?: “Although Dr. Bottke remains unconvinced that the impactor had…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fix, fasten’
travel, page, pole, propaganda, pale, peel, peasant, pagan, propagate, travail, pala, palisade, pectin, pagination, 29 more
through Latin pangō ‘fasten, drive in’
through New Latin impingō ‘to force, drive, thrust, push towards a…’
Today it means
noun Any of several machines or devices in which a part impacts on another, or on a material.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- / impactor