Etymology

impregn

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Today it means: To impregnate; to make fruitful. Full definition →

Middle English impregnen ← Old French enpreignier, enpreigner ← Medieval Latin impraegnō
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromimpraegnō
  2. Old French · derived fromenpreignier, enpreigner
  3. Middle English · inherited fromimpregnen“to make a woman pregnant, impregnate”
  4. English todayimpregn

First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English impregnen (“to make a woman pregnant, impregnate”), from Old French enpreignier, enpreigner (French imprégner), ultimately from Medieval Latin impraegnō. Doublet of impregnate.

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