Etymograph

English

imperspicuity

From im- + perspicuity.

Formed from in- + perspicuity

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’

Latin perspic(iō)

Latin perspicuus ‘clear”, “transparent”’

Late Latin perspicuitās ‘evidentness”, “self-evidency’

English perspicuity

Today it means

noun vagueness; lack of clarity

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

Etymograph / imperspicuity