Where does “impose” come from?
Impose comes from Middle French imposer, from Latin imponere, combining the prefix in- with ponere, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European ne.
impose (English): To establish or apply by authority; to be an...
Definitions
- To establish or apply by authority; to be an...
Ancestry of “impose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | imposen | — |
| 2 | Middle French | imposer | to lay on, impose |
| 3 | Latin | imponere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | impono | I place on or upon, set upon, lay upon; I impose... |
| 5 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |