Where does “imprinting” come from?
Imprinting comes from Old French empreinte, past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere, combining in- and primere, meaning to press or stamp upon.
imprinting (English): Any kind of phase-sensitive learning that is...
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- Any kind of phase-sensitive learning that is...
Ancestry of “imprinting”, step by step
| 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 |