Etymology

impertransible

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Today it means: impermeable Full definition →

Latin im-
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  1. Latin · derived fromim-“not”
  2. English todayimpertransible

From Latin im- (“not”) + pertransire (“to go through”). See per- and transient.

Words from the same roots

Latinim- all →

immaterialimpregnableimperturbableim-imburseimpacable

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