Where does “imposant” come from?
imposant (Danish) comes from French imposant, from French imposer, from Latin impōnō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
imposant (Danish): imposing; imposingly
Ancestry of “imposant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | imposant | imposing, impressive; present participle of... |
| 2 | French | imposer | to impose; to triumph, to win; to establish... |
| 3 | Latin | impōnō | — |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |