Where does “impressive” come from?
impressive (English) comes from English impress, from Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, from Latin imprimo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impressive (English): Making, or tending to make, a positive...
Definitions
- Making, or tending to make, a positive...
Ancestry of “impressive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | impress | To affect strongly and often favourably; To make... |
| 2 | Middle English | impressen | — |
| 3 | Latin | impressus | pressed, printed, imprinted, stamped |
| 4 | Latin | imprimo | I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “impressive”