English
impune
Impune comes from Latin impūnis ‘unpunished’, from in- -is ‘-less, without, lacking’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ‘to pay’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷey-‘to pay’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷoynéh₂‘payment’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷoinā́reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEποινήpoinḗ‘blood money, wergeld’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpoena‘punishment’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEin- -is‘-less, without, lacking’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpūnis‘unpunished’
- Englishtodayimpune
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷey-‘to pay’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷoynéh₂‘payment’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷoinā́reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEποινήpoinḗ‘blood money, wergeld’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpoena‘punishment’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEin- -is‘-less, without, lacking’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpūnis‘unpunished’
- Englishtodayimpune
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ‘to pay’
poetry, painful, poem, poet, titanium, painless, whey, onomatopoeia, 20 more
through Ancient Greek ποινή ‘blood money, wergeld’
through Latin poena ‘punishment’
pain, punishment, pine, punish, penal, punitive, 4 more
through Latin in- -is ‘-less, without, lacking’
Today it means
adj Unpunished.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- / impune