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Where does “reprimo” come from?

reprimo (Latin) comes from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

reprimo (Latin): I repress; I check, prevent or restrain

Definitions

  1. I repress; I check, prevent or restrain

Ancestry of “reprimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrĕ-—
2Latinprōdūcō—
3Latinprō-—
4Proto-Italic*pro-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “reprimo”

  • repressed
  • repress
  • repressive
  • irrepressible
  • reprimand
  • irrepressibly
  • represser
  • unrepressed
  • repressiveness
  • repressible
  • repressively
  • represt
  • nonrepressive
  • derepress
  • repressedly
  • derepressible
  • represseth
  • antirepressive
  • irrepressibleness
  • reprimander
  • nonrepressed
  • transrepress
  • nonderepressible
  • repressest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →