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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishemprinten—
2Old Frenchempreinter—
3Old Frenchempreindre—
4Latinimprimeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinimprimoI press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “printen”

  • print
  • reprint
  • blueprint
  • footprint
  • fingerprint
  • printout
  • fingerprinting
  • newsprint
  • misprint
  • printable
  • printmaking
  • thumbprint
  • handprint
  • footprinting
  • preprint
  • unprintable
  • printmaker
  • overprint
  • nonprint
  • offprint
  • printshop
  • printseller
  • palmprint
  • photoprint
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