Where does “imperātor” come from?

imperātor (Latin) comes from Latin imperō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

imperātor (Latin): commander, general, chief, master, person in charge

Definitions

  1. commander, general, chief, master, person in charge

Ancestry of “imperātor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimperōto command, give orders to, impose, demand
2Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “imperātor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →
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