Where does “imperator” come from?
Imperator comes from Latin imperator, derived from Latin imperare meaning to command, composed of Latin in and Latin parare meaning to prepare or make ready, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning not.
imperator (English): An emperor
Ancestry of “imperator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | imperātor | — |
| 2 | Latin | imperō | — |
| 3 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 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 |