Where does “imprimatur” come from?
Imprimatur comes from Latin imprimatur, the third-person singular passive form of Latin imprimere meaning to impress or imprint, from Latin in and Latin imprimere, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European h₁én.
imprimatur (English): An official license to publish or print...
Definitions
- An official license to publish or print...
Ancestry of “imprimatur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | imprimatur | third-person singular present passive subjunctive... |
| 2 | Latin | imprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | imprimo | I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |