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Where does “unimpressibility” come from?

unimpressibility (English) comes from English impressibility, from English impressible, from English impress, from Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, from Latin imprimo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

unimpressibility (English): The quality or state of being unimpressible

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being unimpressible

Ancestry of “unimpressibility”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimpressibilityThe quality of being impressible
2EnglishimpressibleCapable of being impressed; susceptible of...
3EnglishimpressTo affect strongly and often favourably; To make...
4Middle Englishimpressen—
5Latinimpressuspressed, printed, imprinted, stamped
6LatinimprimoI press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →