impede

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 263 words | Copyright

impede XVII. — L. impedīre, f. IM-1 + pēs, ped-.
Hence impedance (electr.) XIX. So impediment hindrance XIV; †pl. baggage (of an army) XVI, — L. impedīmentum, the pl. of which, impedimenta, is used in the second sense (XVI).

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