Where does “print” come from?
Print comes from Middle English printen, derived from Middle English emprinten, which developed from Old French empreinter and Old French empreindre, ultimately from Latin imprimere, composed of Latin in- and Latin in.
print (English): Of, relating to, or writing for printed...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or writing for printed...
Ancestry of “print”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | printen | — |
| 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 |