Etymology

impertinent

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Today it means: Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful. Full definition →

Middle English impertinent ← Middle French impertinent ← Old French impertinent
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromimpertinēns
  2. Old French · derived fromimpertinent
  3. Middle French · derived fromimpertinent
  4. Middle English · inherited fromimpertinent
  5. English todayimpertinent

Inherited from Middle English impertinent, from Middle French impertinent, from Old French impertinent, from Latin impertinēns; by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.

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