Etymograph

English

impolite

Impolite comes from Latin impolītus ‘rough, unpolished’, and goes back to polītus ‘polished’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpolītus‘polished’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpolītus‘rough, unpolished’
  3. Englishtodayimpolite

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpolītus‘polished’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpolītus‘rough, unpolished’
  3. Englishtodayimpolite

Formed from im- + polite

Latin poliō ‘to polish, smooth’

Latin polītus ‘polished’

English polite

Every English word from Latin polītus

Today it means

adj Not polite; discourteous; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.

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