Where does “impressively” come from?
Impressively derives from Middle English -ly and Old English -līċ, both descending from Proto-Germanic -līkaz and galīkaz, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
impressively (English): In an impressive manner; forcibly
Definitions
- In an impressive manner; forcibly
Ancestry of “impressively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impressive | Making, or tending to make, a positive... |
| 2 | English | impress | To affect strongly and often favourably; To make... |
| 3 | Middle English | impressen | — |
| 4 | Latin | impressus | pressed, printed, imprinted, stamped |
| 5 | Latin | imprimo | I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp |
| 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 |