Where does “impress” come from?

Impress comes from Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, the past participle of imprimere, meaning to press in, from in- and primere.

impress (English): To affect strongly and often favourably; To make...

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	impressen	—
2	Latin	impressus	pressed, printed, imprinted, stamped
3	Latin	imprimo	I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp
4	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
5	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
6	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in