English
impedient
Impedient comes from Latin impediēns ‘hindering’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpediēns‘hindering’
- Englishtodayimpedient
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpediēns‘hindering’
- Englishtodayimpedient
Every English word from Latin impediēns
Today it means
adj Serving to make a marriage illicit but valid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin impediēns / impedient