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Where does “imperativale” come from?

imperativale (Italian) comes from Italian imperativo, from Latin imperātīvus, from Latin imperō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

imperativale (Italian): imperatival

Definitions

  1. imperatival

Ancestry of “imperativale”, step by step

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