1620s, from Late Latin impaenitentia, from impaenitens (see impenitent). The older form in English is Impenitency (1560s).
impel
impeller
impend
impendent
impenetrable
impenitence
impenitent
imperative
imperator
imperceptibility
imperceptible
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