Where does “reimbursement” come from?
Reimbursement derives from English reimburse plus the suffix -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men-, meaning to think or remember.
reimbursement (English): The act of compensating someone for an expense
Definitions
- The act of compensating someone for an expense
Ancestry of “reimbursement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reimburse | To compensate with payment; especially, to repay... |
| 2 | English | imburse | To put into a purse; to save, to store up; To... |
| 3 | Middle French | embourser | — |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |