Where does “impostor” come from?
impostor (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin impostor, from Late Latin impositor, from Latin impono, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impostor (Portuguese): impostor
Ancestry of “impostor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | impostor | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | impositor | — |
| 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 |