Where does “imprimatur” come from?
imprimatur (Latin) comes from Latin imprimere, from Latin imprimo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
imprimatur (Latin): third-person singular present passive subjunctive...
Definitions
- third-person singular present passive subjunctive...
Ancestry of “imprimatur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | imprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | imprimo | I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “imprimatur”