Where does “imprimitura” come from?
imprimitura (Italian) comes from Italian imprimere, from Italian imprimir, from Latin imprimo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
imprimitura (Italian): priming
Definitions
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Ancestry of “imprimitura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | imprimere | to imprint; to mark; to impress; to remember or... |
| 2 | Italian | imprimir | — |
| 3 | Latin | imprimo | I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp |
| 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 |