Where does “printen” come from?
printen (Middle English) comes from Middle English emprinten, from Old French empreinter, from Old French empreindre, from Latin imprimere, from Latin imprimo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Ancestry of “printen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | emprinten | — |
| 2 | Old French | empreinter | — |
| 3 | Old French | empreindre | — |
| 4 | Latin | imprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | imprimo | I press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |