Where does “impresario” come from?
Impresario comes from Italian impresario, from impresa meaning an undertaking or enterprise, ultimately from Latin imprehendere meaning to seize or take in hand.
impresario (English): A manager or producer in the entertainment...
Definitions
- A manager or producer in the entertainment...
Ancestry of “impresario”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | impresario | entrepreneur, contractor; manager, producer,... |
| 2 | Italian | impresa | enterprise, undertaking, exploit, feat,... |
| 3 | Italian | imprendere | To undertake, or embark upon something |
| 4 | Latin | imprehendere | present active infinitive of *imprehendō |
| 5 | Latin | prehendō | to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |