Etymology

impound

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Today it means: To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound. Full definition →

English pound ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Englishpound
  8. English todayimpound

From im- + pound.

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