Where does “impression” come from?
impression (French) comes from Latin impressio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
impression (French): an impression, the overall effect of something;...
Definitions
- an impression, the overall effect of something;...
Ancestry of “impression”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | impressio | push, thrust, assault, onslaught; squashing;... |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “impression”
- impressionable
- impressionistic
- impressionist
- impressionism
- unimpressionable
- impressionistically
- postimpressionist
- impressionableness
- postimpressionism
- neoimpressionism
- neoimpressionist
- impressionably
- unimpressionableness
- preimpressionist
- impressionnisme
- impressionniste
- impressionner
- presi
- réimpression
- surimpression
- Eindruck
- impressie
- impresie
- lempresyon