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Where does “impressen” come from?

impressen (Middle English) comes from Latin impressus, from Latin imprimo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “impressen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpressuspressed, printed, imprinted, stamped
2LatinimprimoI press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impressen”

  • impress
  • impressment
  • impressible
  • unimpressible
  • impressibly
  • reimpress
  • impresser
  • impresseth
  • impressibleness
  • impressable
  • impressest
  • unimpressable
  • impresst
  • overimpress
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →