Where does “impressment” come from?
Impressment derives from English impress, from Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, ultimately tracing through Latin in- and Proto-Indo-European ne, with the suffix -mentum denoting a resultant state or action.
impressment (English): The act of seizing for public use; impressing...
Definitions
- The act of seizing for public use; impressing...
Ancestry of “impressment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |