English

impasture

From im- + pasture.

Formed from in- + pasture

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’

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Latin pāscor

Latin pastūra ‘pasture, grazing ground’

Anglo-Norman pastour

Middle English pasture

Today it means

verb To place in a pasture

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / impasture