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Where does “inkprint” come from?

inkprint (English) comes from English ink, from Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum, from Latin encaustus, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

inkprint (English): Ordinary ink printing, when contrasted with...

Definitions

  1. Ordinary ink printing, when contrasted with...

Ancestry of “inkprint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinkA pigment -based fluid used for writing, printing...
2Middle Englishynkeink
3Old Frenchenqueink
4Latinencaustumthe purple-red ink used by the later Roman...
5Latinencaustusburned in, encaustic; the encaustic mode of...
6Ancient Greekἔγκαυστοςburned in
7Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
8Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
9Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
10Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
11Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
12Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
13Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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