impeach

The story

1. Latin · derived fromimpedicāre“to fetter”
2. Old French · derived fromempeechier“to hinder”
3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromempecher
4. Middle English · inherited fromempechen
5. English todayimpeach

From Middle English empechen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). Cognate with French empêcher (“to prevent”).

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