Where does “empressement” come from?

empressement (French) comes from French empresser, from French en-, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

empressement (French): attentiveness; eagerness, alacrity

Definitions

  1. attentiveness; eagerness, alacrity

Ancestry of “empressement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchempresserto mass, to gather; to hasten
2Frenchen-en- all meanings
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “empressement”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →