Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.). · To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in. · To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail. · To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.
From Middle English impen, ympen (“to plant; (figuratively) to bury; to graft; to add to, insert, put into, set in; to mend (a falcon’s feather) by attaching a new feather on to the broken stump”), from Old English impian, ġeimpian (“to graft”), from Proto-West Germanic *impōn (“to graft”), from Vulgar Latin *imputō (“to graft”), from Ancient Greek ἔμφῠτος (émphŭtos, “implanted; planted”), from ἐμφῠ́ω (emphŭ́ō, “to implant”, from ἐν- (en-, prefix meaning ‘in’) + φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “to bring forth, produce; to grow”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear; to become; to grow”))) + -τος (-tos).
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- Root classification mention*bʰuH-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionimpenenm
- Inherited-form mentionimpianang
- Inherited-form mention*impōngmw-pro · to graft
- Derivation mentionἔμφῠτοςgrc · implanted; planted
- Derivation mention*bʰuH-ine-pro · to appear; to become; to grow
- Word-formation componentἐν-grc
- Word-formation componentφῠ́ωgrc · to bring forth, produce; to grow
- Word-formation componentἐμφῠ́ωgrc · to implant
- Word-formation component-τοςgrc
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