Etymograph

English

impave

From im- + pave?

Formed from in- + pave

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ‘to strike, hit’

Latin paviō ‘to beat, strike, ram, tread down’

Vulgar Latin *pavāre ‘to beat down, to smash’

Old French paver ‘to pave, to cover’

English pave

Today it means

verb To pave.

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

Etymograph / impave