impromptus.
unready, hesitating
Meaning & usage
unready, hesitating
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin prōmō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin prōmptus Latin imprōmptus From im- (“un-”) + prōmptus (“ready”).
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