Where does “imprint” come from?
Imprint comes from Old French empreinte, derived from Old French empreindre, from Latin imprimere meaning to press in, from Latin in and primere.
imprint (English): An impression; the mark left behind by printing...
Definitions
- An impression; the mark left behind by printing...
Ancestry of “imprint”, step by step
imprint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English emprinten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | emprinten | — |
| 2 | Old French | empreinter | — |
| 3 | Old French | empreindre | — |
| 4 | Latin | imprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 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 |
via Old French empreinte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | empreinte | — |