verb/impaɡˈtaɾ/
to impact, to crash into; to affect, to impact (to move to emotion)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin pangō Latin impingō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin impāctusbor. Spanish impacto Spanish -ar Spanish impactar From impacto + -ar.