Where does “imprompt” come from?
imprompt (English) comes from Latin impromptus, from Latin prōmptus, from Latin prōmō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
imprompt (English): Not prompt; delayed; Not ready
Definitions
- Not prompt; delayed; Not ready
Ancestry of “imprompt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | impromptus | unready, hesitating |
| 2 | Latin | prōmptus | a taking forth |
| 3 | Latin | prōmō | to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light |
| 4 | Latin | prō | for |
| 5 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 6 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |