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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

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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