| 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 | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | prai- | — |
| 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 |