Where does “unimpressively” come from?
unimpressively (English) comes from English unimpressive, from English impressive, from English impress, from Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, from Latin imprimo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
unimpressively (English): In a unimpressive manner
Definitions
- In a unimpressive manner
Ancestry of “unimpressively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unimpressive | lacking the ability to impress, inability to... |
| 2 | English | impressive | Making, or tending to make, a positive... |
| 3 | English | impress | To affect strongly and often favourably; To make... |
| 4 | Middle English | impressen | — |
| 5 | Latin | impressus | pressed, printed, imprinted, stamped |
| 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 |