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
- Alternative form of impressment
Ancestry of “empressment”, step by step
empressment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Empress
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Empress | The title of an empress |
| 2 | Middle English | emperice | An empress; a female ruler of an empire; The wife... |
| 3 | Old French | empereriz | empress |
| 4 | Latin | imperātrīx | A female ruler of an empire, empress |
| 5 | Latin | imperō | to command, give orders to, impose, demand |
| 6 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |