Where does “импонировать” come from?

импонировать (Russian) comes from Latin impōnō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

импонировать (Russian): to impress (someone), to make an impression (on someone), to appeal (to)

Definitions

to impress (someone), to make an impression (on someone), to appeal (to)

Ancestry of “импонировать”, step by step

импонировать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin impōnō

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	impōnō	to place, lay, set, or put on, in, into, over, or upon
2	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
3	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
4	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5	Proto-Italic	en	in
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via German imponieren

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	imponieren	to impress
2	Latin	impōnere	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →