Where does “empere” come from?
empere (Old French) comes from Latin inperium, from Latin imperare, from Latin impero, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
Ancestry of “empere”, step by step
empere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin inperium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inperium | command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a... |
| 2 | Latin | imperare | present active infinitive of imperō;... |
| 3 | Latin | impero | I command, give orders to; I rule, govern; I... |
| 4 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin imperium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | imperium | The empire, state, imperial government, realm,... |
| 2 | Latin | imperāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 5 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 8 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |