Etymograph

English

impartial

Impartial comes from Middle French impartial.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600impartial
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1621same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600impartial
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1621same form

Earliest quotation: 1621, [Ad Populum.] The Fourth Sermon. In St. Pauls Church London.: “[W]e are to take a ſecond ſurvievv of our…”

Formed from in- + partial

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Italic *partis ‘part’

Latin pars ‘part’

Late Latin partiālis ‘of or pertaining to a part’

Old French parcial ‘biased or particular’

Middle English partiall

English partial

Every English word from Middle French impartial

Today it means

adj Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased.

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Etymograph / Middle French impartial / impartial

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