Where does “imposant” come from?
imposant (German) comes from French imposant, from French imposer, from Latin impōnō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
imposant (German): impressive, imposing
Definitions
- impressive, imposing
Ancestry of “imposant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | imposant | imposing, impressive; present participle of... |
| 2 | French | imposer | to impose; to triumph, to win; to establish... |
| 3 | Latin | impōnō | to place, lay, set, or put on, in, into, over, or upon |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |