Where does “imprestable” come from?

imprestable (English) comes from English prestable, from English prest, from Middle English prest, from Old French prest, from Latin pressus, from Latin premere, from Latin premo, from Proto-Indo-European pres- — passed , crossed.

imprestable (English): Not payable

Definitions

  1. Not payable

Ancestry of “imprestable”, step by step

imprestable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English prestable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishprestablepayable
2Englishprestsimple past tense and past participle of press; A...
3Middle Englishprestloan, borrowing; tax, fee, levy; advance payment
4Old Frenchprestloan; monetary gift
5Latinpressuspressed, having been pressed, squeezed;...
6Latinpremeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinpremoI press; I pursue
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpres-to press
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via English IM

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishIMInitialism of intramuscular; Initialism of idea...
2Koreanlover, beloved
3Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós