English
impinge
Impinge comes from Latin impingō ‘dash against, impinge’, from pangō ‘fasten, drive in’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to attach, fix, fasten’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pangō‘to fasten, fix’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpangō‘fasten, drive in’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpingō‘dash against, impinge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1638impinge
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to attach, fix, fasten’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pangō‘to fasten, fix’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpangō‘fasten, drive in’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpingō‘dash against, impinge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1638impinge
Earliest quotation: 1638, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy. […]: “The ordinary rocks upon which such men do impinge…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fix, fasten’
travel, page, pole, propaganda, pale, peel, peasant, pagan, propagate, pala, palisade, travail, pectin, pagination, 29 more
through Latin pangō ‘fasten, drive in’
through Latin impingō ‘dash against, impinge’
Today it means
verb To make a physical impact on.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- / impinge