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Latin
Etymology
Alternative past participle for impingō, instead of the Classical participle impāctus.
Pronunciation
Participle
*impinctus (feminine *impincta, neuter *impinctum); first/second-declension participle (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
- pushed, shoved
Reconstruction notes
The feminine has yielded several nouns in Romance.
Descendants
- Balkano-Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “empellón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 577
- “empenta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭmpĭngĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 589