- impregnable
[impregnable 词源字典]
- impregnable: see prey
[impregnable etymology, impregnable origin, 英语词源] - impregnable (adj.)
- early 15c., imprenable "impossible to capture," from Middle French imprenable "invulnerable," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Old French prenable "assailable, vulnerable" (see pregnable). With intrusive -g- 16c., on model of deign, reign, etc. Related: Impregnability.