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
- Not payable
Ancestry of “imprestable”, step by step
imprestable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prestable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prestable | payable |
| 2 | English | prest | simple past tense and past participle of press; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | prest | loan, borrowing; tax, fee, levy; advance payment |
| 4 | Old French | prest | loan; monetary gift |
| 5 | Latin | pressus | pressed, having been pressed, squeezed;... |
| 6 | Latin | premere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | premo | I press; I pursue |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |