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Where does “impérativement” come from?

impérativement (French) comes from French impératif, from Old French imperatif, from Latin imperātīvus, from Latin imperō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

impérativement (French): urgently; imperatively

Definitions

  1. urgently; imperatively

Ancestry of “impérativement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimpératifimperative
2Old Frenchimperatifimperative
3Latinimperātīvus—
4Latinimperō—
5Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →