impetuous
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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impetuous XIV. — (O)F.
impétueux — L.
impetuōsus, f.
impetus onset, violent impulse, f.
impetere; see
IMPETIGO,
-UOUS.
So
impetus XVII. — L.
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impetuous
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