Where does “imprintee” come from?
imprintee (English) comes from English imprint, from Middle English emprinten, from Old French empreinter, from Old French empreindre, from Latin imprimere, from Latin imprimo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
imprintee (English): The object of imprinting; the person or thing on which something imprints
Definitions
- The object of imprinting; the person or thing on which something imprints
Ancestry of “imprintee”, step by step
imprintee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English imprint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | imprint | An impression; the mark left behind by printing... |
| 2 | Middle English | emprinten | — |
| 3 | Old French | empreinter | — |
| 4 | Old French | empreindre | — |
| 5 | Latin | imprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | imprimo | I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |