Where does “laserprintteri” come from?
laserprintteri (Finnish) comes from Finnish printteri, from English printer, from English print, from Middle English printen, from Middle English emprinten, from Old French empreinter, from Old French empreindre, from Latin imprimere — in.
laserprintteri (Finnish): laser printer
Definitions
- laser printer
Ancestry of “laserprintteri”, step by step
laserprintteri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish printteri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | printteri | printer |
| 2 | English | printer | One who makes prints; The operator of a printing... |
| 3 | English | Of, relating to, or writing for printed... | |
| 4 | Middle English | printen | — |
| 5 | Middle English | emprinten | — |
| 6 | Old French | empreinter | — |
| 7 | Old French | empreindre | — |
| 8 | Latin | imprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | imprimo | I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |