Where does “imperativ” come from?
imperativ (Romanian) comes from French impératif, from Old French imperatif, from Latin imperātīvus, from Latin imperō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
imperativ (Romanian): imperative; imperative; imperative mood
Definitions
- imperative; imperative; imperative mood
Ancestry of “imperativ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | impératif | imperative |
| 2 | Old French | imperatif | imperative |
| 3 | Latin | imperātīvus | — |
| 4 | Latin | imperō | — |
| 5 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |