English
impeccable
Impeccable comes from Latin impeccabilis ‘not liable to sin’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *petkāō.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*petkāō‘to sin’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpeccōas peccare‘to err, to sin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpeccabilis‘not liable to sin’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600impeccable
- Englishearliest quotation 1821–1822same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*petkāō‘to sin’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpeccōas peccare‘to err, to sin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpeccabilis‘not liable to sin’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600impeccable
- Englishearliest quotation 1821–1822same form
Earliest quotation: 1821–1822, William Hazlitt, (please specify the essay name): “The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.”
Every English word from Proto-Italic *petkāō
Today it means
adj Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *petkāō / impeccable