Etymograph

English

importunable

From importune + -able?

Formed from importune + -able

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare’

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Latin portus ‘harbor, port’

Latin importūnus ‘unfit, troublesome’

Medieval Latin importūnor ‘to make oneself troublesome’

Middle French importuner ‘to bother’

English importune

Today it means

adj Heavy; insupportable.

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

Etymograph / importunable