English
impetrable
Impetrable comes from Latin impetrabilis ‘that which easily obtains or effects, successful’, from patrō ‘accomplish’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father (male parent)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatrō‘accomplish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrō‘to accomplish, succeed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrabilis‘that which easily obtains or effects, successful’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599impetrable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father (male parent)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatrō‘accomplish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrō‘to accomplish, succeed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrabilis‘that which easily obtains or effects, successful’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599impetrable
Earliest quotation: 1599, Thomas Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe: “Hovv impetrable hee vvas in mollyfying the adamantineſt tiranny…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
company, food, pain, feed, foster, apparent, pope, pastor, fur, companion, papal, fodder, pasture, fad, penetration, accompaniment, forage, panini, fatherly, patrician, pav, pantaloons, pannier, 56 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
through Proto-Italic *patēr ‘father’
through Latin pater ‘father (male parent)’
pattern, papa, patron, paternal, paternity, padre, pater, père, patrimony, compere, 16 more
through Latin patrō ‘accomplish’
Today it means
adj Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr / impetrable