English
impudence
Impudence comes from Latin impudentia.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpudentia
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600impudence
- Englishearliest quotation 1918same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpudentia
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600impudence
- Englishearliest quotation 1918same form
Earliest quotation: 1918, William Babington Maxwell, Indianapolis: “That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not…”
Every English word from Latin impudentia
Today it means
noun The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin impudentia / impudence