Impetuous

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late Middle English: from Old French impetueux, from late Latin impetuosus, from impetere ‘to attack’.


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From Middle English impetuous, from Old French impetueux, from Late Latin impetuōsus(“violent”), from Latin impetus(“attack, violence”).


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impetuous (adj.)

late 14c., "hot-tempered, fierce;" late 15c., "done or given with a rush of force," from Old French impetuos (13c., Modern French impétueux) and directly from Late Latin impetuosus "impetuous, violent" (source also of Spanish and Italian impetuoso), from Latin impetus "attack" (see impetus). Related: Impetuously; impetuousness.