Where does “empressment” come from?

empressment (English) comes from English Empress, from Middle English emperice, from Old French empereriz, from Latin imperātrīx, from Latin imperō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

empressment (English): Alternative form of impressment

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of impressment

Ancestry of “empressment”, step by step

empressment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Empress

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEmpressThe title of an empress
2Middle EnglishempericeAn empress; a female ruler of an empire; The wife...
3Old Frenchempererizempress
4LatinimperātrīxA female ruler of an empire, empress
5Latinimperōto command, give orders to, impose, demand
6Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en