impedimento
Portuguese
/ĩped͡ʒiˈmẽtu/, /ĩpɨðiˈmẽtu/
noun
Definitions
- impediment that which impedes progress
- (sports) offside illegal position ahead of the ball
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impedimentum.
Origin
Latin
impedimentum
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- impedimentum Latin
- impedio Latin
- impedimento Italian
- impedimento Spanish, Castilian
- *ped- Proto-Indo-European
- impediment Middle English
- empedement Old French