Where does “improntare” come from?
improntare (Italian) comes from Italian pronto, from Latin prōmptus, from Latin prōmō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
improntare (Italian): to imprint, impress; to prepare, get ready; to...
Definitions
- to imprint, impress; to prepare, get ready; to...
Ancestry of “improntare”, step by step
improntare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian pronto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pronto | ready, prepared; willing, prompt, set; ready-made |
| 2 | Latin | prōmptus | a taking forth |
| 3 | Latin | prōmō | to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light |
| 4 | Latin | prō | for |
| 5 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 6 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Old French empreinte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | empreinte | — |
| 2 | Old French | empreindre | — |
| 3 | Latin | imprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | imprimo | I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Old French emprunter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | emprunter | to borrow |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *imprūmūtāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | imprōmūtuāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōmūtuārī | — |