Where does “imposen” come from?
imposen (Middle English) comes from Middle French imposer, from Latin imponere, from Latin impono, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
Ancestry of “imposen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | imposer | to lay on, impose |
| 2 | Latin | imponere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | impono | I place on or upon, set upon, lay upon; I impose... |
| 4 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |